Qualified Paramedic Job Share - Skegness

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 1 x part-time Qualified Paramedic or band 5 Technician to join us on an job-share basis at Skegness Ambulance Station  in Lincolnshire. The successful candidate will work 18.75 hours per week on the Blue rota.

Please note this line share is also open to NQPs who are currently on a line or eligible for a line.

You will respond to emergency and urgent patients using advanced driving skills and utilising visual (blue lights) and audible (sirens) warnings. To transport patients, relatives and carers to other care providers whilst driving at both normal road speed and/or emergency conditions.

You will act in accordance with EMAS clinical policies, procedures, protocols and patient group directives and adhere to and promote EMAS values whilst dealing with patients, carers, relatives, ambulance service colleagues and colleagues from other emergency services.

Main duties of the job

Paramedics respond to critical emergency and urgent situations, delivering high quality and effective pre-hospital clinical care and patient transportation, responding to 999 emergencies, inter-hospital transfers and urgent hospital admissions.

Working in a crew or solo, a paramedic will use advanced driving skills under blue light and normal traffic conditions to respond to and transport emergency and routine patients as required.

In an emergency, you will use high-tech equipment, such as defibrillators (which can restore the heart’s rhythm), spinal and traction splints and intravenous drips, as well as administering oxygen and drugs. You will deal with a range of different people and situations, working shifts, in all weathers.

You will hold a current up to date HCPC registration.

You hold a full clean driving licence with a C1 category (applicants with a  minor speeding offense may be considered, with no more than 3 points). You will need to provide evidence that you have completed a qualification allowing you to drive under blue light conditions in a C1 size vehicle (examples, IHCD D1/D2 or Futurequals Emergency Ambulance Driving).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide safe and effective care to patients, relatives and significant others.

To provide clinical leadership to other grades of staff, to ensure the care you provide is of a high clinical standard and to ensure that you encourage others to set high clinical standards when treating patients.

To carry out daily vehicle checks in accordance with the Trusts Standard Operating Procedure, ensuring the vehicle is fully stocked with appropriate consumables, all equipment is in working order, and is safe and ready to use. Checking that all drugs (including controlled drugs) are stocked and stored as per trust policies and guidelines.

To ensure any trust vehicle that is to be used is roadworthy and available to respond to any category of call from the commencement of the shift. To respond to emergency and urgent patients using advanced driving skills and utilising visual (blue lights) and audible (sirens) warnings. To transport patients, relatives and carers to other care providers whilst driving at both normal road speed and/or emergency conditions.

To work as part of a crew or as a solo responder (meeting essential local training and experience criteria.), initiating high quality assessment, treatment (including drug therapies) and patient care ensuring patients, relatives and carers are consulted at all possible opportunities and feel that they are at the centre of all decisions made.

To act in accordance with EMAS clinical policies, procedures, protocols and patient group directives. To adhere to and promote EMAS values whilst dealing with patients, carers, relatives, ambulance service colleagues and colleagues from other emergency services.

Please refer to the attached documents for the Job Description and Person Specification.