Emergency Care Assistant

**About this role**

Working in this role you will be working as part of a two person Emergency Care Assistant (ECA) crew to provide care and transport to doctors urgent calls and as a first response to emergency calls as dictated by ambulance control. You may also work with an ambulance technician or paramedic to provide emergency care and transport to critically ill patients as determined by ambulance control. Occasionally there may be opportunities to carry out long distance transfers on an ad-hoc basis.

**What we are looking for**

You need to have good interpersonal, diplomacy, communication and teamwork skills. We are passionate aboutgetting the basics right meaning we are looking for individuals who are committed to patient care and who strive to improve maintain their skills at all times. We keep the beneficiary at the heart of what we do, working to understand their needs and the difference we make. Also someone who is:
In possession of, or be willing to work towards, a recognised Emergency Ambulance Crew qualification, have previous experience or have comparable experience e.g.: within the voluntary aid sector. You should beconfident and competent in the management of basic first aid, CPR and the use of an AED.
Be willing to physically assist patients in moving and handling where required.
Understanding of the needs of service users of different ages, differing physical needs and varying background
Willing to maintain own CPD and attend any CPD days we initiate
Able to demonstrate competence in Basic Life Support at least once per year
Must be physically fit to undertake all of the procedures as per the Lifeline Medical Services Ltd Emergency Ambulance Crew scope of practice. (CP001 - Scope of Practice document for non-registered healthcare providers)
Willing to uphold our values at the heart of everything they do
Can provide evidence of enhanced DBS via DBS update service or is willing to undertake this.

Be over 25 and have held a full UK driving licence for at least 12 months with no more than 6 penalty points(Category C1 preferable).

**Typical tasks include**
Treatment and transport of a range of patients in their home or other setting.
To work with other ECA or with Technician or Paramedic colleagues and understand their work and be familiar with all equipment required for their roles.
To complete all relevant journey and patient care records as required by the service or contract.
To comply with all working instructions and risk assessments for the work.
To undertake daily mandatory vehicle checks, including a start of shift checklist and post duty cleaning schedule
To comply with infection prevention and control measures.
The ensure all service users are treated with dignity, respect and compassion.
To ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all timesin relation to patient details.
Assisting with the safe moving of patients to enable them to be transported safely and ensuring they are left in a safe environment at the end of the care episode.
Having awareness of the information governance policies and treating patient’s confidential information in line with policy and the law.
To undertake all mandatory training required for the role and ensure that your training remains up to date and be responsible for your own competence within your skillset, arranging refresher training and CPD as required, we are dedicated to assisting staff with development where possible.

**Location**

Varies as required. Lifeline Medical Services Ltd. covers the North East, Cumbria and Scotland. However, as our portfolio expands events are becoming available outside of these areas. Staff are requested to make their own way to an event site or arrangements can be made to meet at a central location and travel as a group.

**Hours**

A minimum commitment of 50 hours annual service for new staff (casual) is requested, this is because of the management required to have staff active in clinical roles within the company.

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £12.50 per hour

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability