Emergency Medical Advisor Team Leader - EOC Bracebridge Heath

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Wollaton; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

NHS Pension Scheme

Holiday entitlement 27 days + 2

Career progression opportunities

Uniform provided

Employee health and wellbeing support

Job summary

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking an Emergency Medical Advisor Team Leader to oversee EMA teams within the EOC Bracebridge Heath. You will supervise call handlers, manage performance, and coordinate with the Workforce Manager to ensure efficient incident response.

The role requires leadership in a 24/7 environment, mentoring staff through probation, and delivering high patient safety standards while working with colleagues across the East Midlands and Nottingham HQ.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of CAD.
• Experience in managing/supervising or coaching staff.
• Proven experience of dealing with complex issues.
• Experience of working under pressure.
• Drive and enthusiasm to improve and develop services.
• Able to work as a team and on own initiative.
• Current NHS Pathways coaching and mentoring qualification.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring.
• Minimum 2 years experience working in a Control Room Centre.
• A level Education or equivalent.
• Proven track record of high compliant audits when taking 999 calls.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates strong leadership skills and is highly visible within the EOC, maintaining a strategic focus within shift operating times and an awareness of local and regional activity/incidents that may impact on EOC performance.
• The deployment, motivation, supervision of EMA function, under the direction of the EOC Duty Commander and with close liaison with other Operational Managers.
• Assist in delivery of the core service and achieving key performance targets and implement remedial action plans to address performance shortfalls.
• To ensure all policies and procedures aligned to EOC are adhered to and where appropriate provide feedback for service improvement.
• Work within Key Performance Indicators to monitor and review Call performance. Monitor, manage and support EMAs on Key Performance Indicators and work with the EOC Workforce manager to help EMAs achieve these.
• Liaising with multi agencies in provision of information requests in a timely manner.
• The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of the Trust, which may be amended from time to time.
• Patient Safety is a key priority for the Trust. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are fully compliant with EMAS policies and procedures in respect of patient safety, for example Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
• This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, but to give an indication of the main areas of activity and involvement

Skills

CAD knowledge

Management of staff

Complex issues handling

Experience under pressure

Improvement drive

Teamwork / independence

NHS Pathways coaching & mentoring

Coaching and mentoring

Control room experience

Leadership capability

Education

A level Education or equivalent

Job description

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Emergency Medical Advisor Team Leader - EOC Bracebridge Heath

The closing date is 15 November 2026

As an Emergency Medical Advisor (EMA) Team Leader, you will support our EMAs on a daily basis. You will be responsible for one of 5 teams, and on shift support, you will be responsible for 999 call pick up, ensuring our patients are having their calls answered in a timely manner. You will be managing the performance of our EMAs, linking in with the Workforce Managers to ensure we are offering the best level of support.

As a EMA Team Leader, you will also answer 999 calls when demand requires and be operating the non-clinical hunt line, where you will be providing non-clinical advise on emergency calls and working with our clinical team to raise appropriate calls.

EMA Team Leader, will also work with the Workforce Manager to help develop EMAs and guide them through probation and mentoring. This includes assisting with people management at times.

Main duties of the job

As an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) we have committed to recruit a approximately 240 Emergency Medical Advisers, across both EOCs. The EMA Team Leader, will be responsible for shift leadership whilst on duty.

The position requires the successful applicant to work within a professional environment which delivers a 24 hours service, 365 days a year. You would be required to work a 10 week rota pattern covering core shifts 24/7 with an element of unsocial hours. The standard shift times are 0600hrs till 1800hrs and 1800hrs till 0600hrs.

The Team Leader is responsible for managing a team of emergency call takers within a busy Emergency Operations Centre ensuring calls are handled professionally & effectively delivering high customer service to our service users across the East Midlands & working closely with colleagues based at our Headquarters in Nottingham & external agencies.

The role requires the competence to manage teams of emergency call handlers through key performance indicators, sickness management, appraisal system, one to one discussions, statutory & mandatory training & professional conduct plus other elements relevant to the management position.

The EMA Team Leader is required to work closely with the management structure within the EOC & will report to the Workforce Manager.Full training will be provided through a mentoring process to ensure competency levels are achieved & will be monitored with support of line management.

About us

Working for us not only provides job satisfaction of knowing that what you do makes a real difference to our patients, but we offer a rangeof other great benefits too. We offer:

• Flexible approach to working patterns, we understand the importance of a work life balance and have a wide selection of rotas for part-time and full-time staff
• Holiday entitlement of 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus public bank holiday entitlement (pro rata for part time).
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working, career and salary progression and annual personal development review.
• We are a uniformed service and uniform will be provided.
• Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
• Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
• An exceptional place to work to provide high-quality emergency care to save lives and make a difference to people with life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
• A first-class employer, promoting equality, diversity and inclusion of our employees.

Job responsibilities

Demonstrates strong leadership skills and is highly visible within the EOC, maintaining a strategic focus within shift operating times and an awareness of local and regional activity/incidents that may impact on EOC performance.

The deployment, motivation, supervision of EMA function, under the direction of the EOC Duty Commander and with close liaison with other Operational Managers. Assist in delivery of the core service and achieving key performance targets and implement remedial action plans to address performance shortfalls. To ensure all policies and procedures aligned to EOC are adhered to and where appropriate provide feedback for service improvement.

Work within Key Performance Indicators to monitor and review Call performance. Monitor, manage and support EMAs on Key Performance Indicators and work with the EOC Workforce manager to help EMAs achieve these.

Works proactively across team/functional boundaries to ensure service provision is effective and efficient. Sets clear objectives/performance measures to support and build an effective team. Liaising with multi agencies in provision of information requests in a timely manner.

The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of the Trust, which may be amended from time to time.

Patient Safety is a key priority for the Trust. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are fully compliant with EMAS policies and procedures in respect of patient safety, for example Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, but to give an indication of the main areas of activity and involvement

Person Specification

Evidenced

• Knowledge and understanding of CAD
• Previous experience of managing/supervising or Coaching Staff
• Proven experience of dealing with complex issues
• Experience of working under pressure
• Drive and enthusiasm to improve and develop services
• Able to work as a team and on own initiative
• Current NHS Pathways coaching and mentoring qualification
• Experience in coaching and mentoring
• Minimum 2 years experience working in a Control Room Centre
• A level Education or equivalent
• Proven track record of high compliant audits when taking 999 calls

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Lincolnshire Emergency Operations Centre

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Lincolnshire Emergency Operations Centre