Hart Team Educator

The Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) is a capability within the ambulance service required to provide paramedic level care to patients caught within hazardous situations and subsequently increasing their chances of survival. These situations may be large scale major incidents, or they may include more routine incidents involving working at height, difficult access or in water. In addition to the extensive additional training in specialist capabilities and working within safe systems of work, HART become proficient in the use of a wide range of specialist protective clothing and incident management equipment.

As a HART Team Educator, you will respond to complex and possibly protracted incidents. You will deliver paramedic interventions through key HART capability areas.

You will be required to facilitate the ongoing education of HART staff working with both internal and external partner agencies.

Applicants should be aware that HART is both a national and local ambulance capability. In the event of large-scale incidents or exercises, staff may occasionally be required to work nationally anywhere in the UK.
- HART written paper (Mostly MCQ) combined general HART knowledge and Incident Command - source for this is Pro-Clus, NARU Command & Control Guidance & JESIP
- Presentation on constructing a HART Training Week (specifics and preparation to be completed on the day of interview)

**Benefits we offer**:

- Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
- Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
- Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
- Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
- NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.

About Us

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.

The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.

We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Detailed information regarding the criteria required for a HART Educator is available within the Job Description and Person Specification, however, some of the essential criteria are:

- HCPC Registered Paramedic, with extensive operational experience
- HART Modules 1-4 qualified (Previously EDBA, IRU and USAR)
- Emergency Driving Qualification
- Experience of supporting staff in achieving effective and safe clinical practice (e.g. as Field Based Assessor, Clinical Supervisor or practice mentor)
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with people at all levels
- Evidence of a proactive approach to own CPD and development of professional practice
- You will be able to demonstrate competence in team working, self-discipline, communication skills, adaptability, planning skills and decision making.
- You must have a good level of fitness be comfortable working at height and in confined/restricted spaces and be capable of swimming 100 meters as a minimum.
- It is essential you weigh less than 115kg for operational reasons
- HART Team Educators will develop and maintain good working relationships with other emergency services, NHS Trusts and public sector agencies including the HART Team, HART Managers, Resilience & Specialist Operations Managers, Operational Trust staff, Air Ambulance Services, Fire and Rescue Service, Fire Service Specialist Teams (USAR,

Technical Rescue, Water Rescue), Police, British Transport Police, Local hospitals, Maritime & Coastguard Agency, Maritime Rescue Organisations and Mountain/Cave Rescue.
- HART Team Educators will promote HART awareness to other Ambulance Staff and if required represent the Trust and emergency services in the public arena and promote its image as a professional and competent service Also actively support and promote the aims and objectives of the Trust’s HART capability and be responsible for the personal contribution to the development of the HART team and where necessary, the testing of new initiative
- Maintain confidentiality in relation to personal information held for patients and colleagues using a non-identifiable alternative, where pracise Ensure that access to any personal information is processed on a strictly need to know basis in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and records management guidance
- Communicate to relevant health professionals effectively over clinical issues including patient information
- Provide guidance an