We have a fantastic opportunity for a National Trainer to join our training team.
You will work within the Sussex, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire areas along with other locations as and when required.
As a National Trainer, you will play a key role within our national training team, delivering high‑quality learning and development to our new starters across your region. You will be responsible for delivering accredited First Aid qualifications in the workplace, ensuring every learner feels confident, supported, and fully prepared for their role.
Working closely with both operational teams and trainees, you will provide exceptional guidance, coaching, and ongoing support. You will also contribute to the delivery of driver theory sessions and undertake driving assessments where required, helping to maintain our high standards of safety and professionalism.
This is an exciting and rewarding role for someone passionate about developing others and upholding excellence across our service.
You will be responsible for ensuring that EMED is adhering to company and industry training standards and regulations, ensuring all PTS / Community / Courier and SAFE colleagues have signed/recorded, up to date training in place.
What benefits can you expect?
* Circa £30,000 per annum.
* Full time permanent.
* Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000.
* 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions.
* 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway.
* Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.
* Access to mental health consultations.
* Access to physiotherapy consultations.
* Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.
* Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits.
* Long Service Recognition Scheme – recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.
* Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.
* Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
* The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
* Paid holiday entitlement.
* Pension Scheme.
* Blue Light Card.
* Uniform provided.
* EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements.
* Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter).
Your main duties will include:
* Delivery of the company induction to new starters across all divisions within the region/ nationally (if required).
* Annual refresher training across all divisions within the region / nationally (if required).
* Conducting relevant First Aid Accredited qualifications.
* Conducting driver training / driving assessing.
* Supporting / motivating learners to ensure progression.
* Support, train, assess and coach part time trainers within the region.
* Support, train, assess and coach mentors within the region.
* Support the development of learners to maximise full potential / stretch knowledge.
* Maintain and report on training compliance regularly.
* Collaborate with regional and national teams (Operations, HR, Compliance and Fleet) to address priorities, concerns or initiatives related to training.
* Identify additional learning needs, through updated guidelines / customer requirements / legislation and provide the relevant guidance & resources.
* Provide and update (collaboratively with the training team) relevant course material, to ensure the training courses are in date and compliant.
* Ensure all additional training including annual updates are in line with the business expectations and 'Training Prospectus'.
* Collaborate with the training team / paramedic trainer / IQA / compliance team to ensure consistency and currency of training materials and knowledge.
* Communicate effectively with various stakeholders to address training needs and challenges.
* Deliver balanced KPIs in line with Company expectations.
* Update the company information systems (e.g. Bamboo) and maintain accurate records of training activities.
* Recording training attendance externally where required on Qualsafe etc, generating accredited certificates for attendees and sharing / recording these internally.
We are looking for:
A qualified Trainer in the Health Care sector. You will require a passion for what you do, the desire to share your knowledge and skills with others and the drive to continue to improve the service and training that is delivered. Be curious and drive change where required, keeping EMED clinical training at the highest standards.
Essential:
* AET
* Driver instructor qualification / ADI / ROSPA (or equivalent) You must have this qualification to be considered
Desirable
* Level 3 CAVA (or equivalent – or working towards).
* Level 4 education and Training (or equivalent – or working towards)
* Assessor Qualification.
* Mental Health First Aider.
* Coaching or mentoring experience.
About Us
The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with circa 4,000 colleagues across 60 depots. Our ambition is to continue developing patient care transport services that improve the health and wellbeing for people across our local communities by providing transport that supports patient care, community support, secure mental health and medical courier services.
EMED Group are committed to providing services for our patients, service users, clients, and community and is supported by employees with an increasing variety of backgrounds. To do this effectively it is essential that we promote equality and embrace diversity and inclusion and treat all of our employees, patients, service users and clients with dignity and respect.
EMED Group is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, with our aim being to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected, valued and able to give their best.
EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
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Location
Slough, Berkshire
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Department
Learning & Dev
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Employment Type
Full Time
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Minimum Experience
Experienced
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Compensation
circa £30,000 per annum
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