Ambulance Care Assistant (Bank) – EMED Group
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 crew based in Redhill on a bank (0 hour) contract.
Benefits
* £12.21 per hour
* The flexibility of a bank (0 hour) position – work when suits you to support the needs of the business
* Uniform provided.
Other Duties Include
* Transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities.
* 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’s 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
* Hold a full UK driving licence with less than 6 penalty points.
* Committed to patient care.
* Effective communicator with experience of communicating with others in often emotional circumstances.
* Calm, considerate, careful driver.
* Natural flair for team working and collaboration.
* Physically fit for patient handling and moving.
* Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded).
* Familiar with the local and surrounding area.
Our Values
* Collaborative – We work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
* Agile – We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
* Reliable – We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
* Empowered – We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.
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 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 equal opportunities and to fostering an inclusive and safe working culture for all. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion across the workforce and eliminate unlawful discrimination, aiming to be representative of all sections of society and our clients so that every employee feels respected, valued and empowered to give their best.
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