Ambulance Care Attendant

**The Role**
- transporting non-emergency patients to/from NHS hospitals and treatment centres
- you will be driving non-emergency ambulances and/or specially-designed ambulance cars
- duties involve helping patients on and off stretchers; pushing wheelchairs; some occasional assisted-lifting of patients, helping them up and down stairs
- this role will involve lone working and driving in busy cities, specifically London
- you will start and end your day at our base in Huntingdonshire, where you will collect/drop off our vehicle

**Training**

Full training provided and paid for by employer.

A mixture of online training and practical training in-person.

**Salary**
- a competitive hourly rate starting at £11.75—we pay better than most private ambulance companies in the UK

**Uniform provided.**

**Working Hours**
- full time
- some early starts (on the road by 5/6am)
- occasional long days (ten-twelve hours)
- occasional weekend availability desired but not essential

**Area of work**
- London
- occasionally across East Anglia
- ideally you will live 30mins drive of Huntingdon/St Ives, which is where we’re based, in order to collect/drop off the work vehicle
- full UK manual car driving licence with a minimum of 2 years driving experience (maximum 6 points)
- confident driver
- fluent speaker in English

**Experience in following settings desired**:

- ambulance transport
- hospital
- care home
- first aid training

**Disclosure and Barring Service**

You will need to successfully pass an Enhanced DBS check before you can carry out your duties. This is a legal requirement for all employees working with vulnerable people.

**The Care Quality Commission (CQC)**

The CQC is an NHS body that regulates private ambulances. We are a CQC-registered company and as such we abide by the CQC principles: Caring, Responsive, Effective, Well Led and Safe.

Pay: £11.75-£12.25 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Driving: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: MED-June24