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Are you a caring and compassionate Ambulance Care Assistant looking to better use your skills to help people? Don't have experience? Don't worry, you have life skills and that's what we're looking for!
Our dedicated training team will guide you through our 2-week comprehensive training programme, helping you to develop the skills needed to begin and progress in your new rewarding career with us.
Ambulance Care Assistant (Driver) - Days
Location: Canterbury - CT3 3DW
Salary: £26,592.93 per annum
Full Time Shifts: 42.5 hours per week (various shifts available)
We are experiencing an exciting period of growth and as such, are looking to expand our dedicated team of Ambulance Care professionals.
Benefits
* Access to the "Blue Light Card" providing more than 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across categories such as holidays, cars, restaurants, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more.
* Company pension scheme with employer contributions
* Salary paid on hourly basis of £12.00 p/h
* Life Assurance Scheme
* Charity work - Match-it and Payroll Giving
* Employee Assistance Programme (Confidential Counselling Services, 24/7 support specialising in health and medical)
* Access to Perks at Work scheme entitling you to amazing discounts, offers and services across hundreds of market leading retailers.
* Refer a Friend Scheme
* Progression, training and development opportunities.
* Subsidised healthcare plan
The Role
The Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) will play an important role in helping people receive the care they need. Such responsibility requires empathy and compassion. These are skills you'll build upon during our two-week initial training and development programme, alongside constant guidance from our expert support team.
As an ACA with Patient Transport Services, you'll be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable patients to their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities, whilst showing compassion in times of vulnerability. Together we'll work to ensure every journey supports our community, the NHS, and our patients.
This is an important role, providing excellent care and ensuring safety and patient welfare. A role where you'll receive all the training you need to feel prepared in any situation that may arise.
Some Of The Key Responsibilities Will Involve
* Driving patients with varying health and mobility needs to and from hospital/Clinic appointments
* Assisting, moving and handling patients, who may be ambulatory or wheelchair bound, using appropriate equipment where necessary
* Ensuring safety and patient welfare at all times and providing reassurance, comfort and support when needed
* Assisting patients when entering and leaving their homes
* Maintaining cleanliness of vehicles and equipment
* Liaising with our central control team to ensure the timeline pick up and drop off of patients
* Undertaking patient and vehicle risk assessments, and completion of reports or documentation
The Ideal Candidate
Essential Criteria
* Full UK Manual Driving Licence
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team
* Physically fit to ensure your safety and wellbeing of patients
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills
* Sympathetic, respectful and caring attitude towards patients
* Flexibility and adaptability in accordance with the needs of the service
* Enhanced DBS check - Applied and Paid for by the business
Why Join?
We are one of the UK's largest Non-Emergency Patient Transport providers, carrying out over 50,000 journeys on behalf of the NHS every year. With 12 operational bases across the UK and a dedicated call centre, we employ over 720 members of staff to deliver safe, caring, high-quality patient transport.
To apply for this role as Ambulance Care Assistant, please click apply online and complete the full application process.
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