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We have a fantastic opportunity for an Ambulance Care Assistant to serve your local community and join the Ambulance Service as part of our Ambulance crews based in Redhill.
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.
Your main responsibility will be transporting our service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities.
This is a full‑time role working 4 days out of 7 (10‑hour shifts). Shifts are scheduled on a rota between 05:30 am and 00:30 am. Please only apply if you can work these hours.
Benefits
* £12.21 p/h
* Work 4 days out of 7
* Life Assurance – £5,000 protection
* Company sick pay covering full salary for 20 days after 2 years’ service
* 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions
* Second‑opinion medical support following diagnosis or continuing treatment
* Hospital cash plan benefits with sickness protection scheme
* Cash‑plan benefits providing protection against illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody
* Access to mental health consultations
* Access to physiotherapy consultations
* Access to legal advice on domestic issues such as motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury
* Financial guidance on retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits
* Long‑service recognition scheme – recognition after 5 years and at 5‑year intervals with increased annual leave
* Values‑based internal recognition scheme with financial reward, leading to annual recognition event
* Refer‑a‑Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards
* EMED Foundation support for colleagues and local communities
* Pension scheme
* Blue Light Card
* Uniform provided
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for a range of health and wellbeing requirements
* Flu vaccination during Autumn/Winter campaign
Other Duties
* Assist in the transportation of ‘end of life’ service users, ensuring a high level of empathy at all times
* Build rapport by effectively communicating with patients and their relatives/friends
* Lift, secure and help service users in and out of the ambulance
* Assist with handing over patients to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment centres/hospitals or to family/friends at home
Qualifications
* Hold a valid UK manual driving licence
* Can work flexible shifts between 05:30 am and 00:30 am, Monday to Sunday (with notice)
* Effective communicator with experience in emotional circumstances
* Physically fit for patient handling and moving
* Pass an Enhanced DBS check (funded by the company)
About Us
The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E‑Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, and as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care partner to the NHS with around 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 is committed to providing services for our patients, service users, clients, and community and is supported by employees with an increasing variety of backgrounds. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and treat all employees, patients, service users and clients with dignity and respect. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, eliminating unlawful discrimination, being representative of all sections of society and allowing every employee to feel respected, valued and give their best. EMED Group is committed to providing equal opportunities and to an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
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