Ambulance Care Assistant - HDU
Job Title: HDUAmbulance Care Assistant / Blue light driver
Contract: Permanent, 40 hours
Location: Staffordshire, Chesterton
Salary: GBP9 per hour
Our Company:
"Family ethos and values are very much at the heart of our business. This is embodied in our core values which translate into providing a caring, responsive, innovative service to our patients and NHS Trust partners".
E-zec Medical Transport service is a family run company focussed on delivering high quality, safe, effective ambulance transportation for patients to and from a healthcare setting. Founded in 1998 E-zec is the largest independent ambulance provider that operates solely and exclusively in the patient transport sector. E-zec currently employs more than 1100 staff and operate a fleet of 500 vehicles. E-Zec hold 12 NHS NEPTS contracts across the UK.
Due to continued expansion, E-zec Medical Transport Services are now looking to recruit Ambulance Care Assistants for our High Dependency Unit.
About the Role:
As an Ambulance Care Assistant, you must be committed to the highest level of
patient care, a careful, considerate driver, with strong communications skills and an
understanding of patient needs and abilities. You will be required to work various day and night shifts.
Your duties will include;
Essential criteria
It is not the policy of E-Zec to contact further those applicants who have not been invited for interview, so if you have not heard from us within 6 weeks you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has not been successful.
Contract: Permanent, 40 hours
Location: Staffordshire, Chesterton
Salary: GBP9 per hour
Our Company:
"Family ethos and values are very much at the heart of our business. This is embodied in our core values which translate into providing a caring, responsive, innovative service to our patients and NHS Trust partners".
E-zec Medical Transport service is a family run company focussed on delivering high quality, safe, effective ambulance transportation for patients to and from a healthcare setting. Founded in 1998 E-zec is the largest independent ambulance provider that operates solely and exclusively in the patient transport sector. E-zec currently employs more than 1100 staff and operate a fleet of 500 vehicles. E-Zec hold 12 NHS NEPTS contracts across the UK.
Due to continued expansion, E-zec Medical Transport Services are now looking to recruit Ambulance Care Assistants for our High Dependency Unit.
About the Role:
As an Ambulance Care Assistant, you must be committed to the highest level of
patient care, a careful, considerate driver, with strong communications skills and an
understanding of patient needs and abilities. You will be required to work various day and night shifts.
Your duties will include;
- Collecting patients and ensuring that the home environment is adequately secured after the departure of the patient and upon their return
- Administering basic first aid and oxygen as required during the course of work
- Completing all necessary vehicle and journey documentation
- Be able to assist patients in walking, pushing them in a wheelchair and lifting them in and out of a vehicle/home
- Report facts concerning accidents or incidents to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials
- Earn and maintain appropriate certifications and medical certificates,
- Ensure the vehicle and associated equipment is in a safe and clean condition at all times, reporting any defects to the appropriate manager
Essential criteria
- Committed to patient care
- Able to work flexibly due to unexpected circumstances i.e. Traffic or shift overruns
- Careful and considerate driver
- Hold a clean driving licence for at least 2 years with no more than 3 points
- Have strong communication skills with a polite and friendly manner
- Be physically fit, as you will be required to move patients
- Have good knowledge of the local and surrounding areas within a 50-mile radius
- Have an understanding of patients' abilities (conditions and limitations)
- FPOS and FAAW qualifications
- Ability to take the initiative
- Working as a part of the team
- You will receive full training to fulfil the role and uniform
- GBP9 per hour including a 30-minute paid break
- 224 hours of annual leave including bank holidays
- Auto enrolment into the NEST Pension scheme
- Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
It is not the policy of E-Zec to contact further those applicants who have not been invited for interview, so if you have not heard from us within 6 weeks you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has not been successful.