Ambulance Care Assistant - Wellington, United Kingdom - E-zec Medical Transport Services Ltd

E-zec Medical Transport Services Ltd

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Wellington, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are looking for Ambulance Care Assistants to join our team in Wellington, Somerset.
This is a full-time role (38 hours per week). Working between the operational hours of 0600am Mon-Sun.

You will be required to work 4 x 10 hour shifts per week. Weekend work is on average 1 in 5/6 weeks.

About the role:

If you're passionate about people and feel you want to make a difference at work, then consider a career with us.

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.

Your main responsibility will be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities.

This can be carried out as two-person crews or alone, so it is vital to hold a full UK driving licence and to have a good degree of physical fitness.

Other duties include:

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

To be considered as an ACA, you will need to be:

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, with no more than three penalty points on your license
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)
Be able to work flexible shifts
Familiar with the local and surrounding area

What benefits can you expect?