Ambulance Care Assistant - Bank

EMED Group•Durham, NC

2d•$12 - $12

About The Position

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Ambulance Care Assistant to serve your local community and join the Ambulance Service as part of our Ambulance crew based in Durham on a bank (0 hour) contract An Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role. Each day, you’ll be helping someone in need, making their lives that little bit easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.

Requirements

Hold a full UK driving licence with less than 6 penalty points
Committed to patient care
An effective communicator and experience of communicating with others in what can often be emotional circumstances
To be a calm, considerate, careful driver
To have a natural flair for team working and collaboration
Be physically fit for patient handling and moving
Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded)
Familiar with the local and surrounding area

Responsibilities

Transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities.
Assisting in the transportation of ‘end of life’ service users, ensuring a high level of empathy is present at all times
Building rapport by effectively communicating with patients and their relatives/friends
Responsible for lifting, securing and helping service users in and out of the Ambulance
Assist with the handing over of patients to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment centres/hospital’s or to family/friends at their homes.
Transfer patients from beds to stretchers, chairs to chairs or similar both in and out of hospital and medical/commercial flights.
Assisting service users with challenging behaviour and/or mental health illnesses
Ensuring that the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy