Do you want a job that genuinely helps people? We’re looking for kind, reliable and compassionate people to join our Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) team in Abingdon. This is a role for someone who wants to make a real difference every day, supporting patients of all ages on their journeys to and from medical facilities.
This is a permanent, full‑time role which includes evenings and weekends with shifts varying from 0500 to 0100.
An ACA is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role. Each day, you’ll be helping someone in need, making their lives a little easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.
You’ll drive patients to and from medical appointments and between healthcare facilities, either working with a colleague or independently. It is vital to hold a full UK manual driving licence and have a good degree of physical fitness for manual handling.
Other Duties
* Assisting in the transportation of end‑of‑life patients, 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 patients in and out of the Ambulance
* Assist with the handing over of patients to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment centres/hospitals 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 settings
* Ensuring that the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy
Benefits
* £12.71 per hour
* Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000
* Company sick pay covering full salary for 20 days after 2 years’ service
* 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
* Hospital cash plan benefits with sickness protection scheme
* 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
* 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)
Requirements
* Hold a valid UK manual driving licence (6 points maximum)
* Be able to work flexible shifts between 05:00 and 01:00, Monday to Sunday (with notice)
* Committed to patient care
* Effective communicator and empathetic with others in what can often be emotional circumstances
* Physically fit for patient handling and moving
* Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded)
* Have a natural flair for team working and collaboration
EMED Group is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We aim 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. We are committed to providing an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
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