Trainee Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (Urgent and Emergency Care)

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities. We are rated 'Good' for care by the Care Quality Commission and aim to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.

Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year.

As an advancing practice role in Urgent and Emergency Care, you will undertake a broad programme of education and professional development jointly delivered by South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, City St. Georges University of London, and Kent, Surrey and Sussex Primary Care Department. This developmental programme involves a range of clinical practice placements and a 3 year academic pathway culminating in an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (accredited by NHS England Centre for Advancing Practice).

Through undertaking this programme, the Trainee Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (Urgent and Emergency Care) will be supported to enhance their knowledge, skills, and critical thinking to develop expertise in urgent and emergency care. This role will require flexibility in adopting new ways of working to embrace the four pillars of advanced practice.

The main role of an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (Urgent and Emergency Care) is to provide expertise in urgent and emergency care to promote improved patient outcomes and experience. Key responsibilities include:

• Utilising an extended scope of clinical practice and formulary to assess and manage undifferentiated patients across a multitude of clinical settings.
• Providing clinical leadership, supervision, and support.
• Facilitating education as a subject matter expert.
• Enhancing practice outcomes through research, audit, and service development.

As a Trainee Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, you will progress through a 3 year developmental programme converting theory into practice whilst supported by an allocated supervisor. This role involves a varied job plan, including:

• 40% of your time working on an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner single response vehicle providing operational urgent and emergency care.
• 40% of your time working in an Urgent Care Hub providing remote clinical assessment, advice, and support to staff and patients.
• 20% of your working time undertaking professional leadership activities such as clinical supervision, education and research.

Successful applicants will need to meet academic entry requirements of City St Georges University, London. You will be required to demonstrate excellent clinical competence and patient care, robust communication skills, a forward thinking and positive approach, ability to study at level 7 and a commitment to complete the 3 year educational pathway.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.