Band 5
Main area: Associate Ambulance Practitioner Grade Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time / Part time
Job ref: 278-ExpAAP-0325-AS
Site: Trust Wide
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/03/2025 23:59
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.
Our 4,000+ workforce provides services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year.
Job overview
Would you like to be part of Team SECAmb, providing the very best care to the people of the south-east of England? If so, come and join us and embark on an exciting career as a qualified Associate Ambulance Practitioner.
We have opportunities available Trust wide.
To succeed as an experienced Associate Ambulance Practitioner, you must have a genuine desire to serve the local community, demonstrate excellent communication skills, utilise your initiative, remain calm under pressure, whilst providing a patient-focused approach with a caring and empathetic nature.
Main duties of the job
In order to apply you must have:
* Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) Level 4 Diploma
* A full and current driving licence, held for at least one year, with no more than three penalty points
* A stable employment and attendance history
* A caring disposition, demonstrating sensitivity to the needs of individuals
* Also, candidates MUST hold a full C1 (manual) category on their driving licence as well as a Blue Light Driving Qualification prior to joining the Trust
* Desirable: GCSE Maths and English, Grade A-C (4-9) or above (or equivalent)
If you have misplaced your certificates, please request copies from the relevant examination board and upload a statement detailing this to the application form as required.
Please note the distance to your work location needs to be within a 45-minute commute.
Working for our organisation
* Option to join NHS pension scheme
* A minimum of 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
* Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
* Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
* Access to occupational health and counselling services.
* Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
* If you are a current SECAmb employee, by applying for this position, if successful you will move to the terms and conditions associated with the post.
Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Ability to organise and initially manage the scene of incidents, until support arrives.
* Prepare the correct dosage for medicines administration.
* Demonstrate resilience and adaptability to meet the clinical needs of the patient in an emergency and urgent care setting.
* Able to pass an occupational specific fitness test and pre-employment medical.
* Able to work effectively under direction or as part of a team.
* Develop effective working relationships with colleagues and members of the public.
* Customer care experience e.g. care environment, nursing home or evidence of strong interpersonal/communication.
* Ensure information sharing is always undertaken, in compliance with information governance procedures.
* Record details and maintain records in accordance with the Trust’s service procedures.
A condition of employment is that until you have completed 52 weeks in the area of the trust you have applied for, you cannot apply to join the transfer list to move to another trust location during this period.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) Level 4 Diploma
* 3,500 qualifying hours
* Full C1 Licence
* GCSE Maths and English, Grade A-C (4) or above or Level 2 equivalent Qualification
Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales.
The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.
Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.
Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact recruitment@secamb.nhs.uk stating the vacancy reference number.
Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
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