Newly Qualified Paramedic

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Kempston; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent ambulance service in the UK is seeking candidates for its Paramedic career pathway. Applicants should have graduated or be due to graduate by January 2026, and must live within one hour's travel of the Kempston or Luton Ambulance Hub or be willing to relocate. The service offers extensive support, including supervised practice and access to clinical advice. This role is critical to the successful provision of emergency care, contributing to the wellbeing of a large population.

Qualifications

• Candidates must live within one hour's travel of the Kempston or Luton Ambulance Hub.
• Successful applicants will not be eligible to join the internal transfer list for 24 months.

Education

Graduated or due to graduate by January 2026

Job description

This advert is for vacancies in Kempston and Luton. Please note: Candidates who have applied and completed the recruitment process within the past 6 months are not eligible to apply at this time.

We are welcoming applications from students to continue their Paramedic career with the East of England Ambulance Service Trust. This means applicants must have graduated, or are due to graduate by January 2026. If you have completed university placements with EEAST, please include this in your application.

Candidates must live within one hour's travel of the Kempston or Luton Ambulance Hub or be willing to relocate to be eligible to apply.

Transfer Restrictions

Successful applicants will not be eligible to join the internal transfer list for a period of 24 months while completing their consolidation period.

Support Includes

• No solo responding in first 6 months
• 150-300 hours supervised practice in first 12 weeks after registration with an experienced paramedic.
• Practice Educator course completion at 9 months onwards, via Trust approved practice education program.
• A 24/7 Clinical Advice Line to validate your clinical decision-making, discharging planning and practice, advice on procedures or elevate critical, complex on scene decisions.
• Personally issued tablet to access electronic patient care records, up to date clinical guidelines, incident management and alternative care pathway applications.

Our vision - Outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day. #WeAreEEAST

EEAST employs over 5,000 staff with a further 1,000+ volunteers who between them cover 7,500 square miles and care for a population of more than 6 million.

The three control rooms in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Essex handle more than 1 million 999 calls every year, over 2,500 calls a day.

We manage a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles including double staffed ambulances, rapid response cars, operational commander response vehicles, patient transport and support service vehicles.

The East of England works alongside 17 Acute Trusts with Accident & Emergency services and a Major Trauma Centre in Cambridge. Access is available to neighbouring MTCs such as those in London.

Our Core Values

• We are Accountable
• We are Respectful
• We strive to be Excellent

Our 4 Goals Are

• Be an exceptional place to work, volunteer and learn
• Provide outstanding quality of care and performance
• Be excellent collaborators and innovators as system partners
• Be an environmentally and financially sustainable organisation

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Recruitment Job title: Recruitment Team Email address: [e-mail]