# Volunteer-Emergency Responder BHECCS

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- **Location:** East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust Headquarters
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Volunteer
- **Contract type:** Voluntary
- **Employment type:** N/A
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19T00:01:06.882Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Locations_across_Beds_Herts/East_England_Ambulance_Service_Trust/Volunteer/Volunteer-v7233872
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7233872?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.eastamb.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Beds & Herts Emergency Critical Care Scheme (BHECCS) are excited to announce a further round of recruitment for the Emergency Responder (ER) role in collaboration with East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).

ER’s will come from professional backgrounds with voluntary experience preferred and will deploy in a charity funded vehicle responding to primarily Category 1 incidents (the most serious emergencies).

ER’s will carry life saving equipment such as a defibrillator, oxygen, suction unit in addition to other equipment for a range of emergencies and will be backed up by an ambulance.

This vacancy is to support pre existing teams based in Hemel Hempstead , Welwyn Garden City and Shefford.

We expect a high number of applicants for this role and may close the vacancy early if we receive high numbers of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible and ensure you complete the supporting information inline with the role description and person specification.

### Main duties of the job

To deliver voluntary base pre-hospital emergency and urgent care to patients and members of the public across the East of England footprint.

The volunteer will work as part of an Emergency Responder crew and provide high quality effective clinical care in line with training, UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines and EEAST’s scope of practice policy.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding the nature of the work involved with being an Emergency Responder
- Excellent written, listening, and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of the Trust and the work undertaken by BHECCS
- Ability to use own initiative

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of dealing with people in difficult and challenging circumstances
- Adaptability and flexibility when dealing with others, including ability to interact effectively with people from diverse backgrounds

**Desirable**

- Demonstrable experience of providing medical or pre-hospital care

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Committed to ensuring patients receive a high standard of patient care
- Evidence of reliability and/or previous time commitment to voluntary work
- Maintain professional standards including self-discipline and social media awareness
- Able to work effectively in difficult and traumatic circumstances
- Able to work effectively under direction and as part of a team
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Commitment to continuous professional development

### Full UK driving licence

**Essential**

- Full UK driving licence

**Desirable**

- Completion of blue light driver training (police, IHCD, FutureQuals, L3CRAD

### Current/ in date FREC 4 qualification or equivalent e.g. Co-Responder qualification

**Essential**

- Current/ in date FREC 4 qualification or equivalent e.g. Co-Responder qualification

## Documents

- [bheccs er jd (pdf, 224.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10694794)
- [bheccs er - ps (pdf, 88.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10694795)
- [application letter (pdf, 130.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9466842)
- [dbs employing persons with criminal convictions procedure (pdf, 350.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1937)
- [guidance for applicants - disclosure of criminal convictions (pdf, 210.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1938)

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