Overview
Join to apply for the Ambulance Care Assistant Bank role at EMED Group. Based in Hailsham. This is a 0 hour contract on an 'as and when' basis. Shifts available are between 06:00 – 23:00, 7 days per week.
An Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role. Each day, you’ll be helping someone in need, making their lives that little bit easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.
Responsibilities
* Your main responsibility will be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities. This can be carried out as two-person crews or alone.
* Assisting in the transportation of ‘end of life’ service users, ensuring a high level of empathy is present at all times.
* Building rapport by effectively communicating with patients and their relatives/friends.
* Responsible for lifting, securing and helping service users in and out of the Ambulance.
* Assist with the handing over of patients to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment centres/hospital or to family/friends at their homes.
* Transfer patients from beds to stretchers, chairs to chairs or similar both in and out of hospital and medical/commercial flights.
* Assisting service users with challenging behaviour and/or mental health illnesses.
* Ensuring that the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy.
Qualifications
* Committed to patient care.
* An effective communicator and experience of communicating with others in emotional circumstances.
* To be a calm, considerate, careful driver.
* To have a natural flair for team working and collaboration.
* Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded).
* Familiar with the local and surrounding area.
* Hold a valid UK manual driving licence with less than 6 points.
* Be physically fit for patient handling and moving.
* Be able to work flexible shifts.
Benefits
* Paid holiday entitlement.
* £12.21ph.
* Zero Hours Contract.
* 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.
* Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward.
* Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
* The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
* Pension Scheme.
* Blue Light Card.
* Uniform provided.
* EAP (Employee Assistance Programme).
* Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter).
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 more than 2,500 colleagues across 50 depots. Our ambition is to continue developing transport services that improve 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 is committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all, promoting equality and embracing diversity and inclusion.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Zero hours contract
Job function
* Other
Industries
* Public Health
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