Events & Commercial Services Ambulance Care Assistant
Job Description
Job summary
This vacancy is for the Events and Commercial Services department at Manor Mill Ambulance Station.
Are you caring, compassionate, and passionate about making a positive difference to people's lives?
As an Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) within our Events and Commercial Services team, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality patient care and supporting a wide range of event medical cover across Yorkshire. Working alongside experienced clinicians and healthcare professionals, you will help ensure patients receive safe, compassionate, and professional care during transport and at public and private events.
Flexibility is essential, and shifts may be up to 12 hours in duration and can include evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain valuable healthcare experience and develop a rewarding career within Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a motivated and flexible individual to join our Events and Commercial Services team. This varied position will support the delivery of events and commercial activities across the organisation, while also providing operational cover within Patient Transport Services (PTS).
Key Requirements:
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to work flexibly across a range of operational environments.
- Full UK driving licence and ability to successfully complete and maintain a Category C1 licence qualification.
- Team player with a proactive and adaptable approach to work.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop a diverse skill set within a fast-paced and evolving service.
About us
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.o Contributory Pension.o NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.o Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.o Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.o Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.o Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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Job responsibilities
As this is a driving role it is essential you have a full UK driving licence with a ability to obtain a full category C1 (with no more than 3 penalty points) within 6 months.
Three GCSEs at grade 4/C or above or three Level 2 and above qualifications are needed however we will consider applications who have equivalent/relevant experience.
** Please note if you do hold the desired qualifications, you will be required to evidence certificates for your qualifications at the interview stage. **
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the job and personal requirements.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Level 2 academic qualification e.g., 3 GCSEs grade 4/C or above/NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience
- Full UK driving licence including entitlement to drive vehicles in category 1, no more than 3 penalty points
Desirable
- Knowledge of Green & Purple guides / RCA guide for event safety to ensure compliance at events.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to communicate across wide demographic boundaries in an appropriate manner
- Good verbal, listening and written communication skills
- Self-motivated - able to work on own initiative within occupational guidelines
Experience
Essential
- Experience of dealing with the general public
Desirable
- Good knowledge of current YAS operational procedures and clinical practicesDesirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address
Manor Mill Resource Centre
Leeds
LS11 8LQ
United Kingdom
