Secure Ambulance Assistant

**Mental Health Ambulance Assistant**

**Location: Preston**

**Salary: £11.00 per hour**

**Hours: Varied**

**If you’re looking for a new permanent opportunity in a fulfilling career, along with 1st class training, consider joining us as Mental Health Ambulance Assistant.**

We have exciting new opportunities for Full Time **Mental Health** **Ambulance Assistants** at Ambulnz Community Partners to support non-emergency transfers of patients.

**The company**:
Ambulnz Community Partners is a purposeful type of ambulance service provider, one that's adding social value and sharing Big Tech with small ambulance providers. Our crews deliver the highest level of patient Care, are Connected and Cooperative.

**The Role & Responsibilities**:
Our organisation is expanding, and we have a growing demand for Mental Health Ambulance Assistants. Providing first class care to patients is our priority, and you’ll be responsible for more than just getting patients to and from their hospital appointments, as we are committed to the people 1st approach of providing excellent **care**, with **compassion** and great **communication**.

To enhance your patients experience, it is important that you are an excellent listener who enjoys meeting new people. All our patients have different needs, and it is down to you to make sure that they are made to feel comfortable while on their journey. You will have a real opportunity to make a difference.

This role will be particularly suited to those who have worked in public health services and have history of working with mental health patients, who wish to develop their knowledge skills within an ambulance environment. Experience in having dealt with challenging persons is desirable but not essential.

**What Will I Be Doing**:

- You will provide a professional and caring service to all patients
- Providing the highest standards of clinical and personal care within the inter-hospital and pre-hospital environment
- Attend a 5 day training programme followed by a week of shadowing and a 5 day Mental Health training programme.
- Work with experienced team members to help you settle in quickly
- Learn how to use the ambulance equipment to take our patients safely to and from their appointments
- Maintain the ambulance and equipment as required
- Take pride in supporting our patients and our community as part of the Ambulnz Community Partners Team
- Responding to operational requirements in a safe and efficient way as directed by the Control Room staff, senior clinicians, scene manager and any other authorised manager
- Support the lead clinician by providing effective clinical care using appropriate knowledge and skills to assist them with making professional judgements, conducting diagnostic procedures, and providing safe and effective treatments
- Driving all types of approved Ambulance Service vehicles under normal conditions in accordance with road traffic law
- Ensuring safe transfer of patients to and from the vehicles, considering the safety of the patient, self, and colleagues. Using the most appropriate equipment and manual handling techniques
- Providing accurate and legible completion of all relevant documents including vehicle and equipment log sheets
- Able to organise and manage complex incidents
- Utilise relevant information to assist patients, patient advocates or carers to make informed health choices in line with national guidance

**Role Requirements**:

- Have at least **2 years driving experience and no more than 3 points** on your license (for insurance purposes)
- Physical fitness is important in this role as there is sometimes a requirement to reach inaccessible patients in a hurry (lots of stairs), manual handling and CPR
- Have a warm and caring personality with the ability to connect with people.
- This is a full-time position, working an average of 40 hours per week. You need to be flexible as we run a 24/7 service to support the NHS, this includes days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
- Lastly, you will have quality references covering the last three years of employment history and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

**What You Get**
- Competitive rate of £11.00 per hour
- Per Annum Annual Leave
- Comprehensive Training and Induction Programme
- Chance to take your career further with more patient caring skills
- QA Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work
- We pay in 3% into your pension scheme
- The opportunity to earn extra doing overtime

**Next steps**

Once you apply, expect a call from a member of our friendly recruitment team to discuss you interest in your role.
- **Please note: Our Assessment Days include physical activities. You will have to take part in a Lifting Assessment, basic CPR Assessment (chest compressions) and a Driving Assessment.**_

It takes a diverse team of committed individuals to achieve quality results. That’s why at Ambulnz Community Partners we are proud of our diversity and welcome you for who you are and who you want