PTS Ambulance Care Assistant - Leeds

Integrated Care System; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in West Yorkshire is seeking Non-Emergency Ambulance Care Assistants to provide compassionate transport for patients to healthcare appointments. Successful candidates will need a full UK driving license and must demonstrate effective communication skills and compassion. Opportunities for career progression and further training available.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Employee assistance services

Discounts in over 200 stores

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving license required.
• Level 2 entry requirement with continuous professional development evidence.
• Experience in a customer or patient-oriented field.

Responsibilities

• Support patients during transport to healthcare appointments.
• Adapt communication style to meet individual patient needs.
• Ensure a pleasant and professional experience for patients.

Skills

Effective communication

Compassion

Manual handling

Interpersonal skills

Education

3 GCSEs grade A*-C or NVQ level 2

Tools

Basic IT skills (Word, Email)

Job description

Would you like to be part of a team delivering an invaluable service to our patients within the Yorkshire region?

• Do you love supporting and working with members of the public?
• Could you communicate with a wide range of people, from patients to healthcare representatives, adapting your approach to give the best possible customer service?
• Do you enjoy overcoming challenges as part of a team and carrying out manual handling tasks?
• Do you enjoy driving and visiting new areas across West Yorkshire and beyond?
• Are you interested in being part of a team that delivers over 900,000 non-emergency patient journeys across Yorkshire each year?

If this sounds like you, we would love to receive your application to join our team of non-emergency Patient Transport Service (PTS) Ambulance Care Assistants.

The following positions are available in Leeds:

• 2 full-time - Permanent
• 2 full-time - Fixed Term Contract (2 Years)

Please confirm in your supporting information which position you are applying for.

Please note: You must have a full UK manual driving licence to apply for this role.

Please click below link to view a video about the role:https://youtu.be/d4KqcS_fnFI

Main duties of the job

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to Equality and Diversity, with a range of occupational health and support services available to all staff.

You will support patients, their carers and healthcare representatives, transporting them on journeys to and from healthcare appointments, and helping hospitals discharge patients when they are fit enough to leave a hospital setting.

You must be able to consider each patient as an individual and meet a wide variety of communication and other needs.

Most importantly, you will need to be polite, professional, and eager to make the patients experience a pleasant one.

The Trust operates a formal program of ongoing staff development, with training opportunities and offers good opportunities for career progression.

You will be able to join the NHS Pension Scheme and will be able to access other NHS money saving benefits for example, access to discounts in over 200 stores, days outs and restaurants by signing up to a Blue Light card.

At times you may work on your own, or sometimes as part of a double crew transporting a wide range of patients across Yorkshire and Humberside.

Applicants who have applied for a similar post within the last six months, need not apply.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

Check out our YAS One Team Simulation!https://www.nwyhelearning.nhs.uk/elearning/yorksandhumber/yas/yasoneteam/index.html

Job responsibilities

What do our Non-Emergency Ambulance Care Assistants say about their role?

"Every journey is different, but the best ones are where I come away feeling like I have really helped the patient. We provide such an important service for those patients with medical conditions which mean they can't get to their appointments any other way and being thanked for getting them there makes me feel like I'm doing something really worthwhile." (ACA based at Wakefield)

"I enjoy using my skills to adapt my style of communication to individual patient needs. Sometimes I need to give a clearer explanation of the manual handling task that we are about to complete - but I find it rewarding to be able to support patients with complex mobility needs to and from the hospital." (ACA based at Huddersfield)

Please see the attached job description for further information.

When applying, remember to fill out the application in full and check for errors with spelling and grammar.

Have someone else check through it if you need to.

List your previous employment in date order, starting with the most recent so that we can see the skills youre currently using.

For your application to be shortlisted you need to use the supporting evidence section to showcase why you are right for the job which should include information such as:

• Telling us what makes you compassionate and about any experience you have in showing empathy.
• Describing your relevant experience and how you think that makes you suitable for the role.
• Describing your track record of providing excellent patient care or customer service in a fast-paced environment.
• Describing your ability to work under pressure.

Your supporting statement should be at least two paragraphs long (around 500 words), but dont paste your CV in this section were not able to shortlist if you do.

If you love to talk, are passionate about providing excellent patient care and have no issue carrying out manual handling tasks - we would love to hear from you!

Person Specification

Knowledge and Educational

• Level 2 entry requirement e.g. 3 GCSEs grade A*-C or NVQ level 2 qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development

Personal/Other

• Full driving license with no more than three penalty points for new entrants to YAS or a maximum of six for existing YAS employees.
• Self disciplined and able to work on own initiative

Experience

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills gained from experience of dealing with customers or members of the public
• Background in a customer or patient orientated field
• Proven ability to handle sensitive situations professionally, assertively and tactfully
• Basic IT skills e.g Word, Email

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.

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearPer annum, pro rata