Main area EOC Clinical Commander Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (24/7 shift pattern) Job ref 335-A-1828-A
Employer East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site East Midlands Ambulance Service HQ, Horizon Place Town Nottingham Salary £47,810 - £54,710 unsocial hours paid in line with agenda for change Salary period Yearly Closing 27/07/2025 23:59
EOC Clinical Commander
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).
Job overview
At East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, we are committed to delivering excellent patient care and exploring opportunities for continuous service delivery improvements. As part of our Reshaping EOC programme, a new role of EOC Clinical Commander has been established and we are now looking to recruit experienced operational and command focussed leaders to EOC Clinical Hub. The role will be accountable to the EOC Senior Manager (Clinical) but also forms key relationships with the area management teams (EOC Head of Clinical Services, Clinical Workforce Managers and EOC Senior Clinical Leaders) and the wider EOC Team.
Main duties of the job
The EOC Clinical Commander will provide a daily 24/7 tactical command role in EOC and will be responsible for the overall tactical command, coordination and performance of EOC Clinical Hub which meets both national and local key performance indicators. This role will provide visible leadership, problem solving / decision making and assessment of risk in a live dynamic environment, effectively overseeing the daily EOC Clinical Hub tactical plan. The EOC Clinical Commander will work in conjunction with the EOC Duty Commander undertaking the national major incident doctrine role and associated action cards of the 'Tactical Commander' or 'Operational Commander', dependent on the type of incident and command structure in place.
Working for our organisation
Why join the EOC Clinical Hub at East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust?
Working for us not only provides job satisfaction of knowing that what you do makes a real difference to our patients, but we offer a rangeof other great benefits too. We offer:
* Flexible approach to working patterns, we understand the importance of a work life balance and have a wide selection of rotas for part-time and full-time staff.
* Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working, career and salary progression and annual personal development review.
* We are a uniformed service and uniform will be provided.
* Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house clinical education team.
* Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
* Regular shift pattern with scheduled meal breaks.
* Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
* Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
* Cycle to work scheme up to £3500.
* An exceptional place to work to provide high-quality emergency care to save lives and make a difference to people with life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
* A first-class employer, promoting equality, diversity and inclusion of our employees.
* Free on-site car parking
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of the Trust, which may be amended from time to time. Patient Safety is a key priority for the Trust.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you are fully compliant with EMAS policies and procedures in respect of patient safety, for example Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, but to give an indication of the main areas of activity and involvement.
Person specification
Evidenced in application
* HCPC Registered Paramedic and/or Registered Nurse
* 2 years post registration clinical experience and have experience as a Band 6
* NARU Operational and/or Tactical Commander Trained (or willingness to work towards)
* 2 years' experience of effectively managing and leading teams in relation to managing performance
* Experience as a lead clinician in emergency care, leading other clinicians and supporting staff
* NHS Leadership Academy qualifications – such as Edward Jenner/ Mary Seacole
* Post Graduate Certificate (60 credits at level 7).
* Experience in first line management/ leadership role
* Telephone consultation experience
* Evidenced knowledge of JESIP Principles
The East Midlands has a lot to offer:
Making a Difference
Action Packed Roles
Support and Belonging
Note on Covid-19 Vaccination status:
It is a clear professional responsibility of all health care staff to be vaccinated. EMAS NHS Trust therefore encourages and supports all employees to be vaccinated as it remains the best line of defence against COVID 19.
Accessibility
If you have any accessibility requirements at any point during the recruitment process, then please contact the recruiting manager.
If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.
Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.
Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer,committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.
We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns. Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you. If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.
Our Vision -Respondingto patient needs in the right way,developingour organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, andcollaboratingto improve wider healthcare.
Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.
Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (Al l spent and unspent convictions must declared).
If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £55.38.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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