Emergency Care Assistant (ECA)
Are you looking for a role where you can genuinely make a real difference every time you come to work? A role where no two days are the same?
As an Emergency Care Assistant you will carry out essential 999 emergency care for people in your community, treating wounds and fractures, controlling severe bleeding, attending births, and responding to road traffic collisions, all under direct supervision of a clinician.
Based at a local ambulance station as part of a team, you will work shifts, going out in all weathers at all hours, sometimes working in difficult conditions.
No previous medical experience is required to apply. Before you join our frontline operational teams, you will spend your initial weeks in our education centres where you will be trained to feel well prepared, confident and able to thrive in your role.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide continuous duty of care to patients, clinically and personally.
* Ensure appropriate level of monitoring and treatment until the patient is discharged or transferred.
* Record patient information, deliver a clear and detailed handover.
* Drive all types of approved ambulance vehicles under normal and emergency (blue‑light) conditions.
* Carry out general vehicle checks at the start of and during each shift.
Training & Development
We will provide full training and a supportive preceptorship programme to help develop your confidence and support your continuous learning.
* Career progression, including a pathway to become a Paramedic.
* Enhanced end‑of‑shift protections to help ensure your shift finishes on time.
* Enhancements for evening and weekend working.
Assessment Process
This position will require an assessment day rather than an interview. The assessment day will include:
* Physical assessment.
* Group discussion.
* Team‑building exercise.
* Communication exercise.
Once successful at interview you will be placed into a holding pool to await a base station and start date.
About Our Service
We provide emergency and urgent care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day. We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients.
Our organisation employs over 6,000 people, supported by over 575 volunteers. If you embody our values of one team, compassion and innovation and are looking to make a real difference to people’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.
Benefits
* Competitive NHS salary.
* Standard working week of 37.5 hours.
* Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
* Pay enhancements for out‑of‑hours, shift and overtime working.
* Generous Pension Scheme.
* Career and salary progression.
* Car leasing scheme.
* Free parking across Trust sites.
* Cycle‑to‑work and other salary sacrifice schemes.
* Staff networks.
* Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK.
Veteran‑Only Notice
Please note that this role is only open to applications from Veterans. If you are not a veteran, you will not be shortlisted for this advert.
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