Integrated Clinical Hub Paramedic - Band 6

NORTHERN IRELAND AMBULANCE SERVICE; Carryduff; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction programme

CPD time

Professional development

Senior clinical support

Job summary

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service is recruiting an Integrated Clinical Hub Paramedic - Band 6 to join our expanding ICH. You will undertake remote clinical assessments and develop safe care plans for a wide range of urgent and emergency presentations, supporting frontline clinicians across Northern Ireland.

As an ICH Paramedic you will reference decision support systems, contribute to non-conveyance decisions, and progress clinical development through a structured induction and regular CPD.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered paramedic with UK registration.
• Experience in urgent/emergency care preferred.
• Ability to work remotely and make clinical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Undertake detailed telephone assessment of patients with a wide range of urgent and emergency care presentations.
• Develop safe and appropriate care plans based on the individual patient's needs.
• Refer and signpost patients to appropriate community, primary care and urgent care pathways.
• Provide clinical advice and decision support to frontline ambulance clinicians.
• Support safe non-conveyance and alternative care decisions.

Skills

Paramedic

Clinical assessment

Telephone triage

Decision making

Education

Paramedic registration

Job description

Integrated Clinical Hub Paramedic - Band 6

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service is now recruiting for an Integrated Clinical Hub Paramedic - Band 6

Help shape the future of urgent and emergency care in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service is seeking experienced and motivated paramedics to join our expanding Integrated Clinical Hub (ICH).

The ICH is a growing, innovative and multidisciplinary clinical service that supports patients and frontline ambulance clinicians across Northern Ireland. The team includes ICH Paramedics, Clinical Support Managers, Advanced Paramedics in Urgent Care, Mental Health Practitioners and other experienced clinical colleagues.

This is an opportunity to develop your clinical assessment and decision-making skills while helping patients receive the right care, first time.

The role

As an ICH Paramedic, you will undertake remote clinical assessment of patients who have contacted the ambulance service.

Using your clinical judgement, experience and available decision support systems, you will:

• Undertake detailed telephone assessment of patients with a wide range of urgent and emergency care presentations
• Develop safe and appropriate care plans based on the individual patient's needs
• Refer and signpost patients to appropriate community, primary care and urgent care pathways
• Provide clinical advice and decision support to frontline ambulance clinicians
• Support safe non-conveyance and alternative care decisions

The ICH operates within a supportive clinical governance structure, with access to senior clinicians and experienced colleagues throughout the service.

A flexible and varied clinical role

ICH Paramedics can work from approved regional clinical hub locations across Northern Ireland, providing opportunities to work closer to home where service requirements and operational arrangements allow.

Operational ambulance shifts are built into the roster, allowing clinicians to maintain face to face clinical currency.

The role also includes protected continuing professional development and training time, supporting clinical development and progression within NIAS.

Why join the ICH?

This is more than a telephone triage role. It is an opportunity to become part of a developing clinical service that is helping to transform how ambulance care is delivered across Northern Ireland.

You will benefit from:

• A structured induction and clinical development programme
• Rostered CPD and training time
• Regular peer support and access to senior clinical advice
• Experience of complex clinical assessment and autonomous decision-making
• Operational shifts incorporated within the rota
• Opportunities to contribute to education, audit and quality improvement
• Exposure to advanced practice, urgent care, mental health and complex case management

Join our growing team and help ensure patients across Northern Ireland receive safe, appropriate and timely care.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday 4th November 2026 at 4.00pm

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.