Newly Qualified Paramedic (Colchester and Clacton)

Job overview

This vacancy is for candidates for North-East Essex (Clacton) and North-West Essex (Colchester) ONLY.

Please note: Candidates who have applied and completed the recruitment process within the past 6 months are not eligible to apply at this time.

We are welcoming applications from students to continue their Paramedic career with the East of England Ambulance Service Trust. This means applicants must have have graduated, or are due to graduate by January 2026. If you have completed university placements with EEAST, please include this in your application.

Candidates must live within one hour's travel of Colchester or Clacton Ambulance Station or be willing to relocate to be eligible to apply.

Transfer Restrictions: Successful applicants will not be eligible to join the internal transfer list for a period of 24 months while completing their consolidation period.

Main duties of the job

At EEAST we expect our paramedic workforce to continue to deliver CQC rated ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and work harmoniously alongside our dedicated team of clinical staff, volunteers, call handlers and dispatchers and support services. Paramedics will routinely work with other Allied Health Professionals in partnership organisations in both hospitals and community based services to ensure safe referrals and discharge.

A shift on an ambulance is like no other workplace. You will operate in a wide range of environments, across both urban and rural areas managing everything from birth to end of life, chronic conditions to critical illness or injury.

The two-year NQP consolidation provides you with a structured, nationally developed program of support, mentorship and supervision allowing you to transition from newly qualified in to a confident and fully autonomous clinician.

Support includes:

• No solo responding in first 6 months
• 150-300 hours supervised practice in first 12 weeks after registration with an experienced paramedic.
• Practice Educator course completion at 9 months onwards, via Trust approved practice education program.
• A 24/7 Clinical Advice Line to validate your clinical decision-making, discharging planning and practice, advice on procedures or escalate critical, complex on scene decisions.
• Personally issued tablet to access electronic patient care records, up to date clinical guidelines, incident management and alternative care pathway applications.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Benefits include:

• Career progression opportunities in to advanced clinical practice, leadership, education or research
• Access to 24/7 clinical advice, Critical Care desk and an Operational Commander
• Additional 5% fringe (high cost area) in certain areas of Hertfordshire and Essex
• C1 reimbursement of up to £1,000 (subject to terms and conditions)
• Level 3 Emergency Response Driving certificate
• Pay enhancement for out of hours shift working
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Free parking
• Minimum of 27 days annual leave
• Occupational Health services including a 24hr Employee Assistance Program, mental health and wellbeing, legal and financial services
• Staff support networks BAME, LGBTQ+, Multi Faith and All Women in EEAST.

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification.

Good luck with your application and thank you for considering EEAST as your future employer.