Qualified Ambulance Technician - Lincolnshire

Qualified Ambulance Technician - Lincolnshire

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area A&E Operations Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (24/7 operational hours, covering a variety of shift patterns) Job ref 335-A-2041-J

Site Lincolnshire Town Lincolnshire Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum plus Section 2 unsocial hours enhancements Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).

Job overview

We are currently looking to employ Qualified Ambulance Technicians to join the team at EMAS NHS Trust.

As a Qualified Ambulance Technician, you will serve our diverse community in the East Midlands responding to 999 calls as part of an emergency ambulance crew. You will care for and deal with a range of different patient conditions and use clinical guidelines to manage and direct patients to the most appropriate care pathway.

You must be already working as a fully Qualified Technician, with at least 12 months post qualifying experience as a Newly Qualified Technician at point of application.

You must holdoneof the following clinical qualifications:

• IHCD Technician/Ambulance Aid
• Futurequals Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP)
• Qualsafe Awards FREC 5 (underpinned by evidence of FREC 3 & 4), Diploma in First Response Emergency & Urgent Care
• University accredited Certificate in Higher Education Ambulance Technician Practice

We are also interested in hearing from applicants holding alternative clinical qualifications:

• Class 1 Combat Medical Technician (CMT)/RAF, Royal Navy Equivalents

Please note, applicants with alternative qualifications may be considered to undertake an EMAS Technician conversion course.

Main duties of the job

As an Ambulance Technician you will serve our community responding to 999 calls as part of an emergency ambulance crew. You will deal with a range of different people and situations and use clinical guidelines to manage and direct patients to the most appropriate care pathway.

• Attend cases of accident and sudden illness and respond to urgent, special and planned patient transfer requests.
• Use advanced driving skills under blue light and normal traffic conditions to respond to emergency and routine calls as required.
• Delivery of high quality and effective clinical and personal care and the transportation of patients, selecting and applying appropriate equipment and skills in line with the scope of practice and associated training.
• Working as a crew or solo, you will initiate appropriate care and effective treatment to patients in both hospital and pre-hospital environment, selecting and applying appropriate skills and equipment safely and within appropriate level of training, competency and scope of practice.
• You will already hold your fullC1 category on your driving licenceand you will need to provide evidence that you have completed anationally recognised emergency driving qualification allowing you to drive under blue light conditions in a C1 size vehicle.

Working for our organisation

Here at EMAS, we can offer you:

• Great staff support networks, including LGBTQ+, BME, Disability, Neurodiversity and Carer, Women, Armed Forces and Peer to Peer
• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours.
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service plus bank holiday entitlement
• Contributory Pension
• NHS Discounts
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service

Our Recruitment Process:

The selection process for the Qualified Technician role will likely include an in-person clinical scenario (assessment centre) followed by an interview, either in person or remotely .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification attached to the advert for more details on the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Holds appropriate clinical Technician qualification (or recognised equivalent) as indicated in Person Specification
• Nationally recognised emergency driving qualification

Driving

• Manual UK driving licence with Full C1 category
• No more than 3 points on driving licence (for minor speeding offenses only)

Experience

• At least 12 months post-qualifying experience as a Newly Qualified Technician
• Current experience of working as a Qualified Technician
• Experience of working as a lead clinician and supporting/developing other staff/clinicians.

Knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge of applied anatomy and physiology relevant to Technician practice
• Understanding of legal and ethical frameworks underpinning Technician practice
• Ability to apply evidence-based clinical practice as a Technician in a pre-hospital setting.
• Working knowledge of current JRCALC clinical practice guidelines
• Awareness of basic pharmacology relevant to Technician scope of practice
• Understanding of alternative care pathways

Skills

• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to empathise with other people, a caring and respectful disposition.
• Able to use initiative within Technician practice.

The East Midlands has a lot to offer:

Making a Difference

Action Packed Roles

Support and Belonging

Accessibility

If you have any accessibility requirements at any point during the recruitment process, then please contact the recruiting manager.

If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.

Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer,committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns. Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you. If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.

Our Vision -Respondingto patient needs in the right way,developingour organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, andcollaboratingto improve wider healthcare.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.

Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (Al l spent and unspent convictions must declared).

If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £46.88.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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