Ambulance Care Assistant - Plymouth, United Kingdom - First Care Ambulance Limited

First Care Ambulance Limited
First Care Ambulance Limited
Verified Company
Plymouth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Full time
Description
£21,000-£26,000

4 x 10hr shifts on an 18 week rolling rota


The role will require you to transport low dependency patients to and from treatment centres in a comfortable, caring, compassionate, empathetic and reassuring, timely manner to defined standards based on the principles of CQC standard domains - Caring, Responsive, Effective, Well Led and Safe - C.R.E.W.S.


A friendly smile and encouraging approach will make a real difference to the patients that you help, giving them a much-needed boost before or after their appointment.

Working as an Ambulance Care Assistant is highly rewarding, allowing you to make a difference to the experience of patients living with illnesses.

Key elements of the role

  • Maintain high standards of patient Care demonstrated by maintaining patient dignity, respect and privacy, communicating effectively delivering a service in an empathetic manner
  • Support the delivery of a Responsive service delivery to meet individual needs of patients and continual improvement of service delivery, providing the necessary level of flexibility, working beyond shift finish times to complete duties
  • Effective service by working effectively as a team to ensure patient centred care and service
  • Support the management team to ensure well led service by reporting concerns, communicating with line managers
  • Provide Safe services by the safe use of equipment and vehicles, safe comfortable driving and maintenance of infection control standards
  • Use and care of equipment
  • Reliable and ontime
  • Timeliness of reporting completion or amendments to planned journeys
  • Careful and considerate drivers.
  • Understanding of patients' abilities (conditions/ limitations)
  • Good people skills with a polite and friendly manner
  • You will be required to move patients
  • A good knowledge of the local area
  • A full driving licence
  • An enhanced disclosure check is required (DBS) cost will be covered by the business
  • Able to provide a minimum of 2 references covering a 5 year period before commencing work
In return for your time & hard work

  • Staged increases in Annual Leave following lengths of service (explained further at interview)
  • Increase in Leave incentive reward for mínimal absence (explained further at interview)
  • Training & development
  • Access to receive an industry card which enables access to numerous discounts
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