Emergency Care Assistant / Urgent Care Assistant
• Job type- Casual contract
• Company pension scheme
• Holidays- 28 days per year (pro rata)
• Hours - Open shifts available from up to 40 + hours per week however, typical shifts work 4 days on, 4 days off. Initially a zero hours contract is offered to successful applicants.
This is not a training role, applicants must hold appropriate and relevant qualifications for this role.
Operating from 6 UK bases, UK Event Medical Services is recognised as one of the UK's leading providers of independent ambulance services and healthcare logistics. Offering a full range of services (largely to the NHS) including Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services, High Dependency Patient Transfers (Urgent Care) and Secure Patient Transport, additionally we provide a Medical Repatriation Service. Due to our continued and sustained growth we seek to recruit Emergency and Urgent Care Assistants.
Working in partnership with the NHS and other care providers we take pride in the services offered by our caring, compassionate and friendly teams of trained, highly skilled Emergency Care Assistants/ urgent care assistants. ( You will play a key role in the provision of high-quality care responding to a wide variety of situations including medical/ trauma related emergencies, inter-hospital transfers, urgent and none urgent hospital admissions. Our ECA's works as part of a dedicated team including Ambulance Care Assistants, Urgent Care Assistants and qualified clinicians in order to provide patients with potentially life-saving care and transportation to hospital.
To drive a range of UKEMS vehicles under emergency and urgent and normal driving conditions
Ensure the safe transfer of patients to and from vehicles utilising appropriate equipment and manual handling techniques
Undertake a dynamic risk assessment on arrival at the scene of an incident or to support colleagues in this duty
Communicate with patients, relatives, colleagues, members of other emergency services, the public and other healthcare professionals
To assist in ensuring the efficient use of medical supplies, maintaining adequate supplies and ensuring all clinical waste is disposed of.
To respond as first responder to incidents where necessary within ECA scope of practice (FREC4)
Comprehensive induction plus on-going training and development with the opportunity to acquire additional recognised qualifications throughout your career with UKEMS.
All required training paid for, both in terms of course fees and salary while training.
Uniform / PPE provided
Our ECA's have typically worked for a health trust or an independent ambulance service.
A full, UK, current ,driving licence is necessary .