Job summary
Employer heading
PTS Ambulance Care Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
Would you like to be part of a team delivering an invaluable service to the patients within the North Yorkshire region?
Would you like to work for an ambitious and challenging organisation which will share your passion for high quality patient care?
We are currently recruiting for a PTS Ambulance Care Assistant for Northallerton Ambulance station for a full time, permanent role who share a value and belief in delivering the highest standards of quality service and patient care.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the care and safe transportation of non-emergency PTS patients.
Ensuring timely transportation to and from appointments at hospitals, treatment centres, day units or other places of care.
At all times the post holder must ensure patient safety and reduction in harm to patients, self, colleagues, and others by assessing risks and adopting safe working practices.
Working for our organisation
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:
• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details and role responsibilities including person specification please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Criteria as below
Essential criteria
- Must be able to successfully complete the training course for role of PTS Ambulance Person which involves a formal assessment following clinical and driver training.
- Ability to carry out manual handling including the lifting of patients and equipment.
- Full driving license with no more than 3 penalty points for new entrants to YAS or a maximum of 6 for existing YAS employees.
- Able to work as part of a team
- Level 2 entry requirement e.g. 3 GCSEs grade A*-C or NVQ level 2 qualification or equivalent experience. For the purpose of this job description equivalent experience would be defined as having worked for a minimum of 2 years in a Band 2 PTS Driver post.
Desirable criteria
- Background in a health profession or a customer orientated field
- Basic IT skills e.g. word, e-mail
- Evidence of continuous professional development and of acquiring new skills/knowledge in the past 2 years
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Cutsforth
- Job title
- Service Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07799646981
- Additional information
Contactable: Monday to Friday 0900- 1700
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