Healthcare Professional

St John Ambulance; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading charitable healthcare provider is seeking an Events Healthcare Professional - Paramedic to provide clinical care at various events in Leeds, UK. This role involves delivering high-quality pre-hospital care, managing acutely unwell patients, and working with a team of volunteers and emergency services. Applicants must be registered paramedics with relevant recent experience. The role offers flexible shifts mainly during sociable hours.

Qualifications

• Registered paramedic (Excl. NQP).
• Evidence of CPD activity within the last 12 months.
• Regular experience in managing acutely unwell patients in pre-hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care at various events.
• Ensure timely referrals to other agencies.
• Work with event clinical management team.

Skills

Clinical care

Managing acutely unwell patients

Infection prevention and control

Education

Degree level education or post registration advance study

Job description

Overview

Role: Events Healthcare Professional - Paramedic (casual). St John Ambulance provide First Aid and Medical Provision to thousands of events each year. You will be providing clinical care to patients presenting to St John Ambulance across our exciting and varied events portfolio. Our Event Healthcare Professionals will be providing pre-hospital care at a large range of exciting events such as music festivals, motoring, equestrian & sports events. You will be supported with modern equipment and vehicles, working alongside our volunteers and other employed St John people. This role will primarily involve shifts during sociable hours although some may be long in duration. You will be working alongside a blended team of SJA volunteers, event organisers and other uniformed emergency services at events demonstrating clinical leadership and support. It is essential that you have experience in managing acutely unwell patients in the emergency setting, whether that be in an emergency department or pre-hospital. Willing to accept work at various event deployments on a casual basis as advertised by the Events Team to provide care to patients.

Responsibilities

• Deployments on events may include ambulance crew or stationed at a Treatment Centre; flexible approach required.
• Deliver clinical care, in line with the standards set by your regulatory body (HCPC).
• Work to the Scope of Practice framework set by St John Ambulance.
• Utilise senior clinical help when faced with situations / clinical presentations outside of your knowledge base.
• Ensure appropriate and timely referrals are made to other agencies, utilising agreed procedures.
• Work with the event clinical management team to maintain infection, prevention, and control standards.
• Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply).

Qualifications

• Registered paramedic (Excl. NQP).
• Evidence of CPD activity within the last 12 months.
• Educated to degree level or evidence of post registration advance study.
• It is essential that you can evidence regular and recent experience in managing acutely unwell patients in the pre-hospital environment.
• Experience of accessing and/or referring to alternative care pathways.
• Experience in safely discharging patients.

About St John Ambulance

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,400 employees and over 31,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response & Nighttime Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women\'s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.