Ambulance Care Assistant

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.

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

The vacancies for this recruitment are in Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

Vacancies are attached under Area Base Locations

Driving assessments will be offered to candidates successful at application and slots will be available Monday to Friday. Interview dates will be confirmed once the driving assessments have been completed. 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.

Interviews will be held on Saturday 18 October and Sunday 19 October 2024 in our area offices in Bolton.

We are running 2 courses starting 25 November 2024 and 2 December 2024 with 2 further courses in March 2025; dates, and training venues will be confirmed at interview.

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. In Cumbria the current hours of operation are 07:00 – 22:00; all shifts in Cumbria are 8 hours in duration.

Main duties of the job

As a Patient Transport Care Assistant, 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.

Before submitting your application for the role of Ambulance Care Assistant please ensure you have read through the attached job description and person specification.

For further details / informal visits contact: Catherine Morrison [email protected]