Qualified Paramedic

Job overview

Based in one of the world’s most vibrant, diverse and exciting cities, it’s no surprise that we’re one of the world’s busiest ambulance services. Our Paramedics see all walks of London life. For you, it means a career like no other providing excellent patient care in the right place, at the right time.

We strive to provide our patients with the level of care that distinguishes us as a great service provider.

If you’d like to join us in improving our service in London the key skills and experience you will need are:

• Qualified Paramedic with HCPC registration
• 2 years post registration experience in clinical practice, or less if progressed through the national fast track programme
• Completion of the NQP period
• Possess a current full drivers licence, valid in the UK
• Have no more than 3 penalty points
• Full C1 and driving qualification
• Experience of supervision, mentorship and development of a range of clinical staff in relevant practice settin

Key information:

• Start date – 20th April 2026
• Dockside (East London) for 3 week induction/training course
• We are currently only posting to stations across North Central/North West. The Trust has a transfer register and will move staff to other stations as and when vacancies become available.
• The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust reserves the right to close adverts before the published closing date if high volumes of applications received.

Main duties of the job

• Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.
• Be accountable for the assessment, treatment, diagnosis, supplying and administering of medicines, managing, discharging and referring patients in a range of urgent, emergency, critical or out of hospital settings.
• Provide effective clinical leadership, development and mentorship to operational personnel, including newly qualified paramedics and students to support the delivery of a high quality patient centred service.
• Contribute to the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of unscheduled/out of hours care involving all relevant stakeholders including health and social care organisations.
• Undertake the full range of paramedic duties in line with the Trust’s operational instructions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Carry out paramedic duties commensurate with national clinical practice guidelines and Trust specific PGD’s and guidelines.
• Responsible as an autonomous practitioner using local care pathways associated with local initiatives promoting see and treat, where clinically safe to do so, reducing inappropriate conveyance and subsequent ED admission.
• Ability to organise and manage the scene of a complex incident during initial stages until a Manager/Commander arrives. This could involve organising or managing patients, bystanders or other responding services.
• Ensure compliance with medicines management.
• Ensure the prompt, legible and accurate completion of all patient and incident records, providing a full and accurate record of decision making in accordance with the Caldicott principles, current legislation and regulatory framework.
• Communicate effectively demonstrating compassion, particularly when dealing with people who may have difficulty understanding, adapt communication style accordingly in order to overcome barriers.

Please ensure that you clearly provide examples on how you meet the criteria on the person specification or this role by adequately completing the ''supporting information'' section of the application form.

Also, please note that a driving licence summary check will be requested at long listing stage so please have these available to submit to the recruitment team on request.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applicants from outside of the UK for our qualified paramedic role.