Hart Operative

The Role of the HART Team

Attend and respond to incidents including Major Incidents, incidents of a CBRN nature, structural collapse, confined space rescue, major transportation incidents, incidents requiring working at height, trench collapse and rescue, incidents involving complex entrapment and protracted incidents.

To provide specialist clinical support and knowledge within challenging environments.

Provide immediate health input to the initial assessment of the scene to meet the needs of Ambulance and other Emergency Services.

You will be a currently qualified HART Paramedic. You will be able to demonstrate competence in team working, self discipline, communication skills, adaptability, planning skills and decision making. You will have a good level of fitness, be comfortable working at height, in confined spaces and be capable of swimming 100 metres.

The HART Paramedic will be required to work within a number of hazardous environments to provide NHS standard Paramedic care to patients who are otherwise beyond the reach of NHS care.

Must be competent to work within the skill sets of the following core capabilities;
Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)

High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID)

CBRN(e)

Marauding Terrorist Attack (MTA)

Safe Working at Height (SWaH)

Confined Space

Unstable Terrain

Water Operations

Support to Security Operations (SSO)

To work closely with other Emergency Service personnel at incidents working to the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) principles.

May be deployed to protracted incidents and where necessary on mutual aid to other Trusts where they could be away from home for a number of nights.

Work to the National Safe System of Work (SSoW). This includes Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Generic Rescue Plans (GRP), Generic Operational Risk Assessments (GORAs), Training Information Sheets (TISs), Generic Training Risk Assessments (GTRAs), Equipment Data Sheets (EDSs) and Generic Equipment Risk Assessments (GERAs).

Will be required to work autonomously but mostly as part of a team under the direction of the appointed HART Team Leader and/or the Operational Commander.

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

Operational

Estimate resources required and undertake Situation Reporting (SitRep) as required.

Direct, coordinate and deliver lifesaving clinical care for patients within the inner cordon including triage (where appropriate, toxic triage), diagnosis, appropriate treatment, prior to and during, decontamination (if contamination present) and in situations of difficult access in USAR incidents, at times being the only clinician in situ and deliver casualties into mainstream healthcare.

Operate specialist equipment and make appropriate use, based on dynamic risk assessment, of levels of PPE provided.

Utilise equipment in accordance with safe systems of work (SOPs, GERAs, GORAs, GTRAs, TIS, EDS & GRPs)

Collaborate with partners operating alongside the HART and liaise with specialist agencies e.g. PHE, Fire Service HDIM & USAR to gather relevant information on scene.

Access relevant databases (e.g. TOXBASE, CHEMNET, etc.) to research and communicate to others regarding the symptoms, treatment, and decontamination procedures for an incident.

Provide clinical support and backup to multi-agency service personnel working in the inner cordon.

Undertake Hazard Identification and monitor local environmental safety e.g. weather & climate conditions, gas levels and wind direction, liaising with other available expertise to consolidate decision making.

Comply with Command & Control in the inner cordon (Hot/Warm zones) contributing to the deployment of resources, casualty management and evacuation.

Actively support and work with other members of the Team undertaking those tasks allocated by the HART Team Leader, or other officer designated to manage a CBRN or HART incident.

Working within the Team, maintain the readiness of PPE, clinical and operational equipment and vehicles, and carry out routine care and maintenance to ensure a high state of preparedness.

Be prepared to respond to national incidents, with the possibility of being away for unknown periods of time.

Perform a range of c