Ambulance Care Assistant

Job overview

The Trust is looking to recruit staff who are committed and flexible to work as Ambulance Care Assistants for the Patient Transport Service, providing high quality care and support to patients being transported for non-emergency appointments.

The successful candidates will be responsible for safely transporting patients to and from treatment centres, ensuring that they are supported and cared for appropriately during their journey and that any patients feeling unwell are provided with appropriate assistance.

Visa sponsorship is not possible for this role for either candidates or existing employees. This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for Skilled Worker/ Health and Care Worker visas as set out at gov.uk. Graduate visa holders should have no expectation of long-term employment through sponsorship. Additionally, your visa conditions and validity period must allow you to work in the role question and for a suitable period to allow training and execution without requiring sponsorship.

You will hold a valid Full UK manual driving licence with no more than 3 endorsement points (in exceptional circumstances a maximum of 6 points may be considered).

Main duties of the job

As an Ambulance Care Assistant within Patient Transport Services, you will provide the effective transport of patients, providing appropriate and necessary assistance for patients to access vehicles. This may include supporting unsteady patients or the manoeuvring of wheelchairs around hazards or in constricted environments.

In all cases you must be able to support patients with empathy, care, and dignity, ensuring that their journey is safe and comfortable and that any required support and care is offered. You will need to select and apply appropriate skills and equipment safely and within appropriate level of training, competency, and scope of practice.

The vacancies for this recruitment are in Cumbria,

Area Base Locations:

West 4 Group 1: Barrow

West 4 Group 2: Westmorland

West 4 Group 3: Distington, Flimby

West 4 Group 4: Carlisle

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

First stage Interviews will be held in Cumbria: Dates TBC

All candidates meeting the required benchmark will then be invited to take a Driving assessment and slots will be available Monday to Friday

Should you be successful for this role, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks ahead of a post-recruitment training course for 3 weeks.

We are running courses full time Monday to Friday with the first courses commencing April 2026. Training venues will be confirmed at the offer stage. Full attendance is 100% mandatory.

Positions are full time.

Shift information.

Shifts are currently 8 or 10 hours in duration with a 30-minute meal break; these are worked over 4 or 5 days (based on a full-time position). The PTS service provides transport for patients 7 days per week, including Bank holidays and weekends. Our hours of operation are currently 06:00 – 01:00 with a range of shifts to cover these hours.