Qualified ECA / ASC / Technician Job Share - Raynesway
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 x part-time Qualified ECA, ASC or Technician to join us on a job-share basis at Raynesway Ambulance Station. The successful candidate will work on an annualised rota, operating a mixture of shifts (18.75 hours per week) covering a 24/7 period.
The working pattern is to be discussed with the successful candidate and job share partner to suit both individuals.
Vacancy 1 - Green Team: working 12 and 10 hour twilight shifts. Day, afternoon and late shifts.
Vacancy 2 - Red Team: working 12 and 10 hour core shifts. Day and night shifts.
Please specify on your application which line you wish to be considered for if you were to be successful.
About you
You must be already working as a fully Qualified ECA, ASC or Technician to apply for this position. You will serve your community responding to 999 calls as part of an emergency ambulance crew. You will deal with a range of different people and situations and use clinical guidelines to manage and direct patients to the most appropriate care pathway.
Main duties of the job
This role requires motivation, commitment and personal resilience as well as an ability to reflect and seek feedback on clinical practice. You must have excellent communication skills, be friendly and work well within a team. It is important to be reliable and punctual in your work due to the nature of an emergency service and the need to respond promptly to incidents/calls. A commitment to continual professional development is also essential due to the evolving nature of emergency and urgent care.
You must also embrace and promote equality, diversity and inclusivity in your role and at every opportunity. You will work as an Emergency Care Assistant (ECA), Ambulance Support Crew (ASC) or Technician, depending on your current grade. You will be required to make clinical decisions as a Technician and will be the lead clinician if crewed up with an Emergency Care Assistant or Ambulance Support Crew, which will enable you to provide patients with potentially life-saving care at the scene as well as linking patients with alternative care pathways within the community.
About us
EMAS has five values which underpin everything we do; how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. Our values were updated in 2018 to reflect our commitment to encouraging innovation, team and partnership working, and looking outwards as well as inwards.
By living these values and supporting others to do the same, we will help to make sure that EMAS is an organisation we can all be proud of.
* Respect: Respect for our patients and each other
* Integrity: Acting with integrity by doing the right thing for the right reasons
* Contribution: Respecting and valuing everyone's contribution, and encouraging innovation
* Teamwork: Working together, supporting each other, and collaborating with other organisations
* Competence: Continually developing and improving competence
There are many qualities you will need to make a success of being a member of the EMAS team. Some you will learn as your career develops; others are personal skills:
* A willingness to work as a member of a team
* Good levels of fitness and manual-handling skills (for some roles)
* Initiative
* A calm manner even in the most challenging situations
* A willingness to learn and further develop your skills
Job responsibilities
As a Technician, you will provide appropriate care, treatment and transportation of all categories of patients (including emergency and non-emergency cases) using the highest quality of skills and promoting the safety and well-being of patients at all times. To provide this care in accordance with the Institute of Health and Care Development (IHCD) standards/ AAP or FREC and within the scope of the Trust's protocols and procedures.
As an ECA/ASC, attend cases of accident and sudden illness and respond to urgent, special and planned patient transfer requests. Use advanced driving skills under blue light and normal traffic conditions to respond to emergency and routine calls as required. Assist a qualified practitioner in the delivery of high quality and effective clinical and personal care and the transportation of patients, selecting and applying appropriate equipment and skills in line with the scope of practice and associated training.
Please refer to the attached documents for the Job Description and Person Specification for each of the specific job roles (Technician, Emergency Care Assistant, Ambulance Support Crew).
Person Specification
Qualified
* Must be Qualified ECA/ASC/Tech
Driving
* Full C1/Emergency Driving
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
£24,071 to £36,483 a year Unsocial Hours Enhancement
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