Relief Ambulance Care Assistant post with East of England Ambulance Service's Patient Transport Service at Dunstable, moving non-urgent patients to and from hospitals, treatment centres and other care premises. The work involves transporting frail patients who need specialist help, usually in teams of two or alone, across several vehicle types. A three-week paid training course comes first, covering First Person on Scene clinical training and patient transport driving. Applicants must live within 25 miles or 60 minutes of their preferred base.
What the job involves
- Transporting non-urgent patients to and from health and social care premises and private residences
- Transporting frail patients, or those needing specialist assistance, to and from hospital and treatment centre appointments
- Working in a team of two or alone, using a variety of vehicle types
- Working as part of a team with a professional and caring attitude
What’s required
Qualifications
- Literate and numerate to Trust tested level
Experience
- Experience of dealing with people and customer care
- Experience of working with the public, with sound customer care skills
- Experience of working to deadlines and time frames
- Experience of a fast-paced environment, staying calm and professional
Skills & knowledge
- Awareness of safeguarding policy and procedures
Checks & eligibility
- Full UK manual car driving licence
- One year's driving experience
- Licence with no more than 6 penalty points, or clean if obtained within two years of application
- Maximum of 3 penalty points for a minor motoring offence
- Pre-employment checks, including existing and unserved disciplinary sanctions
Other
- Able to commit to the three-week training course, Monday to Friday
- Living within 25 miles or 60 minutes of the preferred base
Nice to have
- C1 category licence
- Maths and English GCSE grade C or above, or equivalent
- Advanced driving certification
- Knowledge of patient transport services
- Previous work in a caring profession
- IT literate
What’s offered
- Paid three-week training course
- Clinical First Person on Scene and patient transport driver training
- Full uniform provided
- Mileage to and from the allocated learning centre claimable
- Mileage above the journey to your base station claimable
- Flexible working requests welcomed
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
