Ambulance Care Assistant

AMBULANCE CARE ASSISTANT (DRIVER) – G4S PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES
Full Time, Monday - Friday (Days) – 45 hours per week, Permanent
£32,498.12 per annum (£13.85 per hour)
Company pension scheme with employer contributions
Free Uniform
Free On-site Parking
G4S Life Assurance Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (Confidential Counselling Services, 24/7 support specialising in health and medical)
Subsidised Healthcare Plan
Access to a “Blue Light” Card and associated discounts
Access to G4S Perks at Work scheme entitling you to amazing discounts, offers and services across hundreds of market leading retailers in electronics, weekly groceries, outlets, restaurants, mobile phone contracts and fashion.
Refer a Friend Scheme
Progression, training and development opportunities.
Are you a caring and compassionate person looking to better use your skills to help people?
Our dedicated training team will guide you through our 15 day comprehensive training programme, helping you to develop the skills needed to begin and progress in your new rewarding career with us.
G4S Patient Transport Services (PTS) is one of the UK’s largest Non-Emergency Patient Transport providers, carrying out over 350,000 journeys on behalf of the NHS every year. With 12 operational bases across the UK and a dedicated call centre, we employ over 720 members of staff to deliver safe, caring, high-quality patient-centric transport.
The Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) will play an important role in helping people receive the care they need.
As an ACA with G4S Patient Transport Services, you’ll be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable patients to their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities, whilst showing compassion in times of vulnerability. Together we’ll work together to ensure every journey we make supports our community, the NHS, and our patients.
These are skills you’ll build upon during our initial training and development programme, alongside constant guidance from our expert support team. This is an important role, providing excellent care and ensuring safety and patient welfare. A role where you’ll receive all the training you need to feel prepared in any situation that may arise.
Driving patients with varying health and mobility needs to and from hospital/Clinic appointments
Liaise with our central control team to ensure the timeline pick up and drop off of patients
Undertake patient and vehicle risk assessments, and completion of reports or documentation
You must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence.
A proven professional with professionalism and integrity, you will play an integral part of the G4S Patient Transport Services Team.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is an important part of G4S Patient Transport Services. G4S Patient Transport Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.
At G4S, we understand that our people are our greatest asset and an essential part of our long-term business strategy. As such we are committed to the ongoing professional development and wellbeing of our staff, offering extensive training and progression opportunities and investing in the physical and mental health of our workforce.
Please note that these vacancies are subject to a checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and an Enhanced DBS check which is funded by G4S. We also have a strict standard to achieve on the full 15 day training programme. Our training team will do everything to support you achieving this standard.