Job summary
Are you a Qualified Paramedic who has been working for an NHS Trust or a private provider? Are you looking to work on a flexible basis where you can choose your shifts and balance work and personal commitments?
If the answer is 'yes', then this is your opportunity to work for a progressive, innovative and caring Trust.
A SCAS bank agreement offers a flexible way of working, whereby you can do as few as one shift in three months or as many as you want (ensuring compliance with the Working Time Directive). Bank working could be your main method of working or a secondary role. As one of our bank workers, you will be able to pick shifts from an online system which will automatically allocate you work without the need to call us, making the process quick and easy.
We are looking for applicants who are:
- highly motivated and passionate about high quality patient care
- professional
- C1 blue-light driver trained
- compassionate and able to remain calm under pressure
- emotionally and physically resilient and a good communicator
All we need you to have is:
- Current registration with the HCPC
- Qualified Paramedic status in the UK (must have completed the NQP portfolio at the point of application
- Full valid UK manual driving licence including Category C1, with no more than 3 points
- Emergency Ambulance Driving Level 3 qualification (IHCD or FutureQuals)
Main duties of the job
Before you can start working as a Bank Paramedic in SCAS you are required to undertake a 16-module induction programme, 2 day driving familiarisation and 3 third manning shifts. You must complete these requirements within 3 months but with the combination of F2F and online modules, it offers you the flexibility needed when already working full time hours.
Following successful recruitment, you will be invited to meet with one of our education team who will provide you with an e-portfolio log in and access, to evidence forms that you will need to get signed off following your attendance of each of the modules. You will also be provided with available modules dates, for all three of our Education Centres.
You are required to start with the Corporate Induction (online) / Statutory and Mandatory Modules (5 days), which allows you to then undertake the Driving and 3rd manning shifts at any time after.
All successful candidates who are offered a job with us will have to obtain clearance from the DBS (Disclosure and Baring Service) and our Occupational Health provider as well as satisfactory references covering at least the last 3 years.
As part of your application you will be asked to advise us of your base station preferences. We will then do our best to match your preferences to available vacancies at the time. We can't guarantee placing you in your first preference but we will do our best.
About us
Benefits we offer:
- Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
- Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
- Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
- Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
- NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
About Us
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.
The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.
We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
Available stations are as follows: Milton Keynes, Stoke Mandeville, High Wycombe, Wexham, Newbury, Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke, North Harbour, Whitchurch and Alton.
OVERALL PURPOSE/ROLE SUMMARY:
Be accountable for the assessment, treatment, diagnosis, supplying and administering of medicines, managing, discharging and referring patients in a range of urgent, emergency, critical or out of hospital settings.
Provide effective clinical leadership, development and mentorship to operational personnel, including newly qualified paramedics and students to support the delivery of a high quality patient centred service.
Contribute to the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of unscheduled/out of hours care involving social care organisations
Note: you will need to meet the essential criteria as a minimum in order for your application to be shortlisted. You must also have completed your Consolidation of Learning portfolio and have demonstrable experience of working as a Paramedic. If you registered with HCPC after Sept 2016 we will be requesting evidence that you have practiced operationally and completed the 2 year NHS NQP programme. This evidence will be requested during the recruitment process should your application be successful.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
Available stations are as follows: Milton Keynes, Stoke Mandeville, High Wycombe, Wexham, Newbury, Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke, North Harbour, Whitchurch and Alton.
OVERALL PURPOSE/ROLE SUMMARY:
Be accountable for the assessment, treatment, diagnosis, supplying and administering of medicines, managing, discharging and referring patients in a range of urgent, emergency, critical or out of hospital settings.
Provide effective clinical leadership, development and mentorship to operational personnel, including newly qualified paramedics and students to support the delivery of a high quality patient centred service.
Contribute to the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of unscheduled/out of hours care involving social care organisations
Note: you will need to meet the essential criteria as a minimum in order for your application to be shortlisted. You must also have completed your Consolidation of Learning portfolio and have demonstrable experience of working as a Paramedic. If you registered with HCPC after Sept 2016 we will be requesting evidence that you have practiced operationally and completed the 2 year NHS NQP programme. This evidence will be requested during the recruitment process should your application be successful.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
Emergency Driving Qualification (IHCD or FutureQuals)
Essential
- Emergency Driving Qualification (IHCD or FutureQuals)
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
Emergency Driving Qualification (IHCD or FutureQuals)
Essential
- Emergency Driving Qualification (IHCD or FutureQuals)
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire
Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire
OX26 6HR
Employer's website
https://scasjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
