Ambulance Care Assistants Roles in Hampshire
Do you have the compassion to reassure a patient living with dementia on their way to a hospital appointment? Can you stay calm and focused when traffic threatens to delay your next collection? Are you resilient enough to support someone coping with a life‑limiting illness?
If so, you could be the perfect fit for our team.
Our Ambulance Care Assistants play a vital role in patient care, ensuring every journey is safe, comfortable, and dignified. You will provide support and reassurance to patients travelling to and from hospital appointments, treating everyone with kindness and empathy.
The Role
* Driving patients safely across Hampshire.
* Assisting with mobility, including lifting and helping patients into vehicles.
* Delivering exceptional care and customer service.
* Taking patients to and from their medical appointments and treating them with dignity.
* Moving and lifting patients who need help.
* Operating a long wheel‑base vehicle with manual transmission.
* Working shift schedules from 05:30 to midnight, both on your own and with a colleague.
* Full‑time role of 37.5 hours per week.
You don’t need a medical background—just a genuine desire to help people, excellent communication skills, and patience. Physical fitness is essential, as lifting and moving patients is a key part of the role.
Benefits We Offer
* Full training and a range of courses you can book locally.
* Holiday entitlement of 27 days, rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service, plus an additional 8 days bank holiday (pro rata for part‑time).
* Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
* Access to continual professional development within SCAS and the wider NHS.
* Occupational Health support and direct access to our Employee Assistance Programme as well as our own Health and Wellbeing Team.
* NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores saving money on holidays, days out, car insurance, restaurants, clothing and much more.
* Ability to join our staff networking groups (as a member, ally or just for interest).
Corporate Induction
It’s really important for us to ensure you have the best onboarding experience which allows you to feel a sense of belonging from the start. All new starters attend our Corporate Induction in person, held over one and a half days from our educational centres based in Newbury (Berkshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire) or Whiteley (Hampshire). Additional training may be required following the induction.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Plan journeys, taking into account patient appointment timings and efficient routes.
* Drive vehicles carefully with consideration for the passenger and road safety legislation.
* Conduct daily vehicle checks to ensure roadworthiness – check oil, water, fuel, tyre pressure, tread, lights and warning devices.
* Enter any vehicle defects into the defect book and record on the computerised system.
* Administer ambulance nursing to an appropriate skill level; administer oxygen as per guidelines.
* Manoeuvre patients into ambulance vehicles using wheelchairs, stretchers, carry chairs and secure equipment.
* Use moving patient equipment and risk‑assess the best way to move patients, considering medical and cultural needs.
* Maintain good internal and external communication links with patients, colleagues and health services.
* Operate any communication system supplied by the Trust, following its policies and procedures.
* Participate in the PTS rota for shift coverage.
* Undertake and complete induction and core skill training (First Aid, Core Driving, Conflict Management, Manual Handling, Child Protection, Health and Safety).
* Complete all required training, including core update training.
* Wear Personal Protective Equipment as supplied and keep it clean and tidy.
* Record information accurately using computerised systems or hard copy and submit in a timely manner.
* Complete any incident reporting paperwork and comply with Trust policies and procedures.
* Participate in the Trust’s response to major incidents and other operational duties as directed.
* Assist in the provision of a quality service in line with the Trust’s contractual obligations.
* Work with and to the standards set within the Ambulance Competency Framework, culminating in the Trust’s appraisal scheme and associated continual professional development.
Applicants must be able to complete an interview and undertake a pre‑employment fitness assessment.
Applicants who do not demonstrate how they meet the Person Specification within their application will not be shortlisted.
Please demonstrate how you already embrace our values in your current or previous employment or educational settings within your application.
Your supporting information is your chance to articulate why you want to work within the Ambulance Care Assistant role, and why we should be shortlisting you.
Top Tips
* Review all person specifications both essential and desirable.
* Fully consider the job you are applying for; what skills/abilities you have to offer, working in a front‑line operational setting is extremely rewarding but also both physically and mentally challenging.
* Demonstrate your work journey and why this is the right next step for you.
* Carefully review your application before submitting.
This vacancy is for candidates who currently have the Right to Work in the UK (do not require a visa) as we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.
We are expecting this programme to be very popular and due to the limited spaces available we may close this advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
**This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026**.
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