Emergency Medical Technician - Acute Medical Services

Job summary

We are recruiting for an Emergency Medical Technician - Acute Medical Services who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will be trained to achieve a high level of practical skills for use within the Acute Medical Services - shared across AMU/SDEC/SSU. On completion of your training programme, it is anticipated that you will be capable of undertaking the following duties: Baseline Observations, Application of Support/Splintage, Cardiac Monitoring, Venepuncture, BLS, Wound Care & Suturing.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Assisting the nursing staff in maintaining a safe environment and delivering a high standard of patient care.

Base line observations, Application of support/splintage, Cardiac monitoring, Venepuncture, Basic Life Support of the adult (including automated external defibrillation) and child. Wound toilet and suturing, Techniques of wound closure.

This role will require working across AMU, SDEC, and Short Stay Unit

To be fully conversant with a wide range of Health and Safety issues.

In addition to the various clinical skills Technicians will be expected to learn the basic layout and the functioning of the medical equipment

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

o Hertford County, Hertford

o Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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