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Emergency Care Assistant

Opportunities across the South West £21 , 730.00 to £23 , 177.00 a year £18,575.90 rising to £21,730 on completion of initial training.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) was the first Ambulance Trust in the country registered as a NHS Foundation Trust (FT) demonstrating the highest levels of service quality, performance and financial management. SWAST delivers high performing emergency and urgent care to the residents and transient population of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset along with NHS 111 service in Dorset.

SWASFT offers consistent high-quality, locally responsive and trusted care to patients, ensuring long-term sustainability and financial strength for the future.

Emergency Care Assistants provide essential support to our team of qualified Paramedics to deliver high quality and effective clinical and personal care.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is seeking compassionate, caring and committed individuals to use advanced driving skills and provide support to our dedicated team of Paramedics attending accidents and sudden illnesses.

If you're looking to make the most of your life skills in a challenging but extremely rewarding environment and are willing to work shifts, this could be the ideal opportunity for you. You will need a full, clean driving licence, including Cl category and minimum of two GCSEs (or equivalent) at grades A-C including English Language or Literature, and Maths, or a Level 2 Functional Skills certificate or a Level 3 qualification in a heath care related subject.

Candidates must hold the Full Cl Category on their driving licence at the point of application.

On offer of employment, SWASFT will provide you with comprehensive clinical training and driver training to prepare you for the role of ECA. Subject to passing this training, you will then commence fulltime employment for the Trust.

The Role

As an Emergency Care Assistant you will attend cases of accident and sudden illness and respond to urgent, special and planned patient transfer requests .You will use advanced driving skills under blue light and normal traffic conditions to respond to emergency and routine calls as required.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Would you be suited to this type of role?

The nature of this role often means the ECA will be assisting the qualified clinician in dealing with life and death situations. You need to be compassionate, caring and committed.

You need to enjoy helping people whilst understanding their needs and treating them with dignity and respect. You need to be enthusiastic, reliable, self-disciplined and flexible.

• Able to work the shift patterns as required, including unsocial hours and weekends?

• Able to stay calm in pressurised and emotional situations. Able to handle sensitive situations assertively and tactfully?

• Are you able to deal with blood?

• Due to the emergency nature of the services provided by SWASFT, staff may be required in the interest of patient safety to work beyond their normal finishing time, are you prepared for this?

Please note as part of the assessment process your name and email address will be passed onto an external company (Driver Metrics') to complete you're driving SJT Please see applicant guidance for more details regarding this assessment.

*Full salary of £17,787 per annum will be paid on completion of probationary period. During this period (3-6 months, subject to reviews) you will receive a reduced salary of £15,336 per annum. Upon successful completion of the 8 week training course and commencement on station, you will also receive unsocial in this role.

Unsocial will be paid under Section 2 of NHS Terms and Conditions. Please see A4C Handbook on our website for more details.

If you are currently a Community First Responder with SWAST please can you ensure your include this as part of your application.