Opelwood Ltd T/A OSR Medical Ambulance Service

Associate Ambulance Practitioner Apprenticeship

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Job summary

Are you a dynamic, proactive, focussed, caring individual, looking to work in the fast-paced pre-hospital environment? If so, then OSR Medical Ambulance Service’s (OSRMAS’) Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) Apprenticeship may be for you. AAPs work in a challenging but rewarding role providing urgent, emergency and social care to patients in the pre-hospital environment.

This is an exciting role which is truly patient-focused, delivering high quality clinical care and improving clinical outcomes. The AAP Apprenticeship is ideal for individuals who are driven, hard-working and progressive yet do not have any formal pre-hospital care qualifications.

Training will commence on 27th June 2022 from our North Training Location (Stockton).

Upon commencement of this role, you will be allocated a station. With the following areas available – Manchester, York and Hull.

Please be aware there are stations with limited availability & our current vacancies at these stations are subject to change with little or no notice.

Main duties of the job

The apprenticeship is 18-months in duration. Following initial induction and observation period apprentices will undertake driver training at one of our education centres and undertake a mixture of continued classroom education and deployment within our Frontline 999 Operational Teams working towards the Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioners. During these operational deployments, apprentices will work alongside qualified clinicians responding to urgent and emergency calls, developing their AAP skills, knowledge and behaviours whilst consolidating practice through completion of an apprenticeship portfolio. At the end of the 18-month apprenticeship, apprentices will undertake an End Point Assessment.

Driving is an essential skill for this role, so you will need a full C1 or C1 provisional category manual driving licence at the point of application with no more than 3 penalty points, with 12 months driving experience. If a provisional is held, the applicant must pass their C1 test before the AAP course start date.

We are looking for people who can demonstrate our values of Customers, Staff and Standards in all that they do. So, if you have experience of remaining calm under pressure, can demonstrate your caring and compassionate nature and don’t mind working shifts then we would love to hear from you.

Once qualified, AAPs work alongside other frontline members of staff, responding to emergency and urgent calls.

About us

Our policies have been updated regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. All our frontline staff working in England who have face-to-face contact with service users are required to have both doses and their booster vaccine. Depending on the outcome of your application you may need to provide evidence that you have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless you are medically exempt.

We actively welcome job applications from candidates who have a disability or who are members of the BAME, LGBT and Armed Forces community (including: Reservists, Veterans, Spouses and Cadets). Here at OSR Medical we are proud to have a workforce that reflects the diverse community we serve. Applicants who have a disability or are members of the armed forces community who meet the minimum shortlisting criteria for their post of interest will be invited for an interview.

As well as standard benefits like generous holiday entitlement and an excellent pension scheme, we offer lots of extras for our staff, such as free secure parking, full uniform, Employee Assistance Program, free CPD and training.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Date posted

18 May 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

Depending on experience <2 years' experience £20,330, 2+ years £21,777)

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0131-AAPA2201

Job locations

Louis Pearlman Centre

Goulton Street

Kingston Upon Hull

East Riding Of Yorkshire

HU3 4DL

Unit 20m Evans Business Centre

Marston Moor Business Park

York

YO26 7QF

Novotel Hotel

Worsley Brow

Worsley

Manchester

M28 2YA

Job description

Job responsibilities

You are required to have Level 2 qualification in English Language and Maths. We will need to see your qualification certificates at the assessment stage.

Unfortunately, due to the programme design, we are not able to accept applications from individuals with formal pre-hospital qualifications such as ECA, IHCD Technician or FREC 3,4,5.

If you clearly demonstrate that you meet the essential criteria, then we will invite you to an assessment day. This will include checks of your application paperwork, an interview, and a driving assessment in a large, manual, van-sized vehicle. We will need to see your driving licence before we can take you out for the driving assessment and you must have provisional C1 to undertake this assessment. You must have no more than 3 penalty points on your driving licence and have at least 12 months driving experience.

Please read the person specification & job description carefully and make sure that all the minimum requirements are clearly noted on your application form in the correct place.

Interviews and assessment days will be held at our York Station. You will be required to attend all assessments. These can be conducted in any order; however, they will be on fixed dates.

All checks will be completed after shortlisting but prior to an assessment or interview invite.

We will close the advert as soon as we reach the required number of applications – so don’t delay apply now!

Whilst we would like to assure you that OSR Medical endeavours to continue with the recruitment for this position as planned, please bear in mind there may be outside factors that may cause changes out of our control. These changes may mean that we must alter our training delivery in which case we would inform you of any changes to the plan as soon as we can.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You are required to have Level 2 qualification in English Language and Maths. We will need to see your qualification certificates at the assessment stage.

Unfortunately, due to the programme design, we are not able to accept applications from individuals with formal pre-hospital qualifications such as ECA, IHCD Technician or FREC 3,4,5.

Please read the person specification & job description carefully and make sure that all the minimum requirements are clearly noted on your application form in the correct place.

Interviews and assessment days will be held at our York Station. You will be required to attend all assessments. These can be conducted in any order; however, they will be on fixed dates.

All checks will be completed after shortlisting but prior to an assessment or interview invite.

We will close the advert as soon as we reach the required number of applications – so don’t delay apply now!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- Level 2 in Maths
- Level 2 in English
- Full UK Driving Licence, with C1 category, with less than 6 points

Desirable

- Previous experience in Health and Social Care
- Experience in Customer Service

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- Level 2 in Maths
- Level 2 in English
- Full UK Driving Licence, with C1 category, with less than 6 points

Desirable

- Previous experience in Health and Social Care
- Experience in Customer Service

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Opelwood Ltd T/A OSR Medical Ambulance Service

Address

Louis Pearlman Centre

Goulton Street

Kingston Upon Hull

East Riding Of Yorkshire

HU3 4DL

Employer's website

https://www.osrmedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Opelwood Ltd T/A OSR Medical Ambulance Service

Address

Louis Pearlman Centre

Goulton Street

Kingston Upon Hull

East Riding Of Yorkshire

HU3 4DL

Employer's website

https://www.osrmedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)