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.

You will hold a valid 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 Merseyside.

West 2 Group              Merseyside - Runcorn, Southport, St Helens

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 14 April 2025 in our area office in Estuary Point, Liverpool.

We are running courses throughout 2025 with the first 2 courses starting on 2 June 2025 and 16 June 2025; dates, and training venues will be confirmed at the offer stage.

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.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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]