Ambulance Care Assistant

OSR Medical Ltd

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Job summary

Ambulance Care Assistants (ACA) deal with routine non-emergency and non-routine emergency/urgent care transport of patients to/from hospital in Urgent Care settings.

An ACA works as part of a team, on a double crewed ambulance, to provide outstanding care by working with our values and vision.

Main duties of the job

You start each day at the ambulance station or unit. You stay in touch with the control room, so the control room staff know where you are and can give you instructions.

Achieve and maintain competence in all relevant skills and knowledge by attending CPD events and keeping a personal development and reflective portfolio through the CPD system.

Carry out vehicle and equipment checks at the start, during and end of each shift, to ensure that the vehicle is ready to respond as required.

Playing your part in growing a first-class working environment, treating all colleagues as equals, and working together as a team. Supporting, caring, and encouraging colleagues to achieve excellence in patient care and making OSR Medical Ltd an employer of choice.

To perform any other duties as required with these responsibilities, the grade of the post, skill set, and qualifications of the post-holder as deemed appropriate by OSR Medical Ltd management.

Undertake emergency driving duties on all types of vehicles operated by the company, if appropriately qualified and licensed.

Provide pre-hospital life support to those patients who are critically ill and always acting within the roles scope of practice.

To exercise and be responsible for the complete duty of care to the patient and relatives until such time as a safe transfer of duty of care.

To identify, assess and report all incidents where Vulnerable Adults and children are concerned.

About us

OSR Medical Ltd aims to provide the very best patient centred care, assessment, treatment, and transport. We aspire to do this through the delivery of our vision'OSR - Outstanding standards, Supporting our team and Right patient care'.

This vision is led by all of our team, at all levels within the organisation.

Our vision and values are:

Outstanding Standards:

We aim to deliver safe, compassionate services and to exceed our patients expectations by updating our outstanding standards to match current advice, guidance, evidence, and learning..

Supporting Our Team:

To continuously deliver safe compassionate services, we will invest in our team by providing high quality training.

To continuously deliver an effective service, our team will complete regular audits, compliance governance, feedback surveys and help better themselves by completing regular Continued Professional Development (CPD).

Right Patient Care:

We will provide the right, safe and effective care to our patients by leading and supporting our team in following our outstanding standards.

We want to provide the right positive caring experiences for patients by completing the right action, each time, every time by listening effectively to our patients needs.

Listening to our patients feedback will provide effective learning to improve our Outstanding Standards and the Right Patient Care to everyone.

Date posted

09 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,657.86 to £27,195.54 a year Pay increases are per our promotion structure.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0131-23-0006

Job locations

O S R Medical Ltd

Marston Moor Business Park

Tockwith

York

YO26 7AF

The Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Farnworth

Bolton

BL4 0JR

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the role, please see the attached Ambulance Care Assistant Job Description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the role, please see the attached Ambulance Care Assistant Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- English and Maths at a level 2 qualification (GCSE/Level 2 NVQ/Functional Skills)
- You can show relevant skills and knowledge gained through work and life experience.

Desirable

To become an Ambulance Care Assistant, you'll need:
- The ability to get on with people from all backgrounds
- To be friendly and caring
- A strong sense of responsibility
- Communication skills, for example, to talk to patients, hospital staff, representatives of other organisations, such as social services at all levels and family members
- To have patience, sensitivity, and tact
- The ability to reassure patients and explain options so they can make informed decisions about their care.
- To have quick and calm reactions in emergency situations as they present themselves
- Physical and mental fitness because this is an active demanding/challenging job
- The ability to follow directions easily
- You must have a full manual driving licence, with less than 6 penalty points, held for 12 months with a provisional or full C1 category entitlement

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- English and Maths at a level 2 qualification (GCSE/Level 2 NVQ/Functional Skills)
- You can show relevant skills and knowledge gained through work and life experience.

Desirable

To become an Ambulance Care Assistant, you'll need:
- The ability to get on with people from all backgrounds
- To be friendly and caring
- A strong sense of responsibility
- Communication skills, for example, to talk to patients, hospital staff, representatives of other organisations, such as social services at all levels and family members
- To have patience, sensitivity, and tact
- The ability to reassure patients and explain options so they can make informed decisions about their care.
- To have quick and calm reactions in emergency situations as they present themselves
- Physical and mental fitness because this is an active demanding/challenging job
- The ability to follow directions easily
- You must have a full manual driving licence, with less than 6 penalty points, held for 12 months with a provisional or full C1 category entitlement

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.