Ambulance Care Assistant - Casual (x12 positions)
Location: Paddock Wood
Contract type: Casual
Hours: As and when required, hours will vary between 8 to 12 hour shifts days to evenings on a seven day service. (No night shifts)
Salary: £10.28 per hour
Our Ambulance support work is contract driven and based around agreements to provide a range of services from Patient Transport to emergency ambulance support.
Our services are regulated by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) and we apply the same standards to our service delivery across the whole of the UK. Our fleet and equipment are comparable with those deployed by NHS services.
We're a close-knit team united by one goal - to save lives.
We currently have 12 exciting opportunities, for enthusiastic, and caring individuals to join our team in Paddock Wood on a casual basis, to support our Patient Transport Service.
You will work as part of a team responsible for providing safe and effective patient transport for people within the Northern Ireland. The role involves driving, or assisting as part of a crew, patients with different requirements based on their mobility classification.
You will play an important role in conveying patients in a safe, comfortable, and sympathetic manner, observing road and driving conditions at all times.
Full training will be provided prior to commencing operational activities. We anticipate training groups will commence on the 20th, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th March. The training will be delivered through a mix of online self-service, face-to-face and Zoom modules. For this reason, applicants will need to be available for x6 face to face training sessions (weekends), home e-learning and Zoom delivered training (from home) over x3 days and x2 evenings.
Candidates must be available for Training. The face-to-face training will take place in Paddock Wood - All candidate training attendance is paid.
What you’ll bring to the role
Your warm, caring nature and positive attitude will bring comfort to patients. You’ll be sensitive when working with vulnerable people and have no trouble going the extra mile to make them feel comfortable, safe and cared for.
Your previous experience, as well as understanding and awareness of the differing physical needs of our service users and a genuine interest in their well-being; and your desire to help people in your local community.
Your enthusiasm and willingness to take on whatever challenges this role presents
This role might be for you if:
You have a full, clean drivers’ licence (held for a minimum of two years) (Essential)
You should have GCSEs or equivalent in Maths and English
You're passionate about bringing your past experience of patient care to the British Red Cross
You're flexible - comfortable working shifts including unsocial hours, bank holidays, evenings and weekends as required
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