Deputy Chief Paramedic Officer

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading ambulance service is seeking a Deputy Chief Paramedic Officer to promote clinical excellence and lead workforce development. This role is pivotal in transforming ambulance services and requires significant experience in paramedicine, innovative thinking, and strong leadership skills. The successful candidate will work across multidisciplinary teams to enhance service delivery and patient care.

Benefits

Option to join NHS pension scheme

Minimum 27 days' holiday annually

Personal and professional development

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Access to occupational health services

Award-winning wellbeing hub

Access to NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Significant experience working as a Paramedic.
• Ability to work across four pillars of professional practice.
• Experience in business and workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to operational teams.
• Ensure high-quality delivery of clinical care.
• Represent the Trust in strategic planning.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Excellence

Innovation

Education

Paramedic qualification

Job description

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Job Overview

Do you have the drive and ambition to support changing the way ambulance services respond to patients? Do you have significant experience working as a Paramedic, are you innovative, are you passionate about developing the Paramedic profession?

Job Overview

Do you have the drive and ambition to support changing the way ambulance services respond to patients? Do you have significant experience working as a Paramedic, are you innovative, are you passionate about developing the Paramedic profession?

Your role as the Deputy Chief Paramedic Officer will be responsible for promoting clinical excellence at all levels of the organisation working across multi-disciplinary teams.

Day to day your job will be to ensure that the Paramedic profession continues to develop using the College of Paramedics career framework and advanced practice agenda.

You will need to be able to work across the four pillars of professional practice as well as developing workforce plans that are fit for the future.

South East Coast Ambulance is transforming the way we deliver services to our patients, we are in year two of our five year clinically led strategy, this role will play an instrumental part in the move to how we respond to and change our service.

We need someone who embodies our Trust values, understands the issues the wider NHS is facing, but also influence changes that are positive for both our patients and our people.

If this is you and you like a challenge, then please apply to come and work for South East Coast Ambulance Service as our new Deputy Chief Paramedic Officer.

Main duties of the job

Provide responsive and effective leadership, advice and support to operational teams, heads of service and senior colleagues on a wide range of business and workforce planning matters relating to clinical practice. To be accountable for the safe, high-quality delivery of clinical care.

Represent the Trust across the wider health and care system and sector, effectively networking with a range of external stakeholders to contribute to system-wide strategic planning and implementation. Play a key role in system based multidisciplinary clinical leadership teams and structures across the Trust geographical area.

Working for our organisation

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award winning wellbeing hub
• Back up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
  
  
  

Other than in exceptional circumstances, the starting salary for staff new to the NHS will be the bottom point of the band to which they have been appointed.

Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.

Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination.

Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff.

In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable.

Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions. If you are shortlisted you will then be sent a self declaration form, which must be completed prior to attending interview. for any queries relating to declarations, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy.

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.

We are a committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.

The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you’re applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.

Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [e-mail] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.

When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years’ history.

Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.

Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.

Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible.

Follow our recruitment on Twitter @SECAmbRecruit and check out our Facebook page - SECAmb NHS Recruitment. You can also find us on Linkedin under South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

If you are a current SECAmb employee, by applying for this position, if successful you will move to the terms and conditions associated with the post. Any unsocial hours payments will be paid under the Section 2 agreement of agenda for change. Section 2 unsocial hours will need to be claimed via your monthly timesheet. More information regarding section 2 can be found in the Agenda for Change handbook and on the our dedicated Section 2 page on The Zon e.

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