Emergency Care Assistant

Are you thinking about what you want for the future? Is it time to take control of your career and make the next step into a role where you will genuinely make a difference every time you come to work?**

**Then our Emergency Care Assistant role could be the role for you.**

**We are recruiting in the following stations ONLY, these include.**
- **Milton Keynes**:

- **Stoke Mandeville**:

- **Wexham**:

- **Adderbury**:

- **Kidlington**:

- **Oxford**:

- **Didcot**:

- **Newbury**:

- **Reading**:

- **Alton**:

- **Andover**:

- **Whitchurch**:

- **Nursling**:

- **Hightown**:

- **Lymington**

**Great news **We are now able to offer applicants wishing to be stationed at **Wexham station **the chance at the following incentives**:

- **We’ll help in gaining your C1 entitlement We will support & fund the C1 practicalfor you. We ask that you have your provisional C1 entitlement on your licence when you apply, and you have completed your theory & hazard perception tests prior or during the recruitment process.**

Emergency Care Assistants (ECA) work in a challenging but rewarding role that provides essential support to our qualified clinical practitioners in responding to Accidents, Emergencies and Urgent Care requirements of the public.

We are looking for people who can demonstrate our values of Caring - Team Work - Professionalism and Innovation in all they do, so if you have experience of remaining calm under pressure, can demonstrate your caring and compassionate nature and don’t mind working shifts, then we want to hear from you now

Detailed information regarding the criteria required for an Emergency Care Assistant is available within the Job Description and Person Specification, however, some of the essential criteria are:

- **3 GCSE’s at Grade C (4) or above including English and Maths or equivalent qualification. If you can demonstrate experience equivalent to this level of qualification, particularly where this is combined with experience in a similar healthcare or caring role, may also be considered**

**Please note - **original qualification certificates will be required, if you don’t have copies of these, you will need to request replacement certificates by visiting**:
**gov.uk/replacement-exam-certificate**

**Your supporting information is your chance to articulate why you want to work for one of the top performing ambulance trusts in the country, and why we should be shortlisting you.**

**Top tips**:

- **Review all person specifications both essential & desirable**:

- **Demonstrate your work journey & why this is the right next step for you.**:
An FAQ can be found attached **(Please look at the Additional Information on the right-hand side titled 'Read this before applying')**

**Interviews will be conducted via Teams, and you will undertake a Driving Assessment along with a Manual Handling Assessment.**

You must be able to commit to the 9 week training programme which consists of a full corporate induction, clinical training which includes basic life support skills, moving and handling and assisting the Paramedic and a 4 week driver training course including Blue Light conditions. Our training can take place from either Newbury, Bicester or Whiteley (Training is non-residential, we do not provide mileage or accommodation during your training period)

Once you have successfully completed your training, you will continue on to a six month operationally monitored assessment-training programme, which is monitored locally by your Team Leader.

In return, we offer:

- Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to NHS negotiated discounts

Whilst we would like to assure you that SCAS endeavours to continue with the recruitment for this position as planned, please bear in mind there may be COVID19 related Government guidelines for us to adhere to that may cause changes out of our control. These changes may mean that we must alter our training delivery in which case we would inform you of any changes to the plan as soon as we can.

The government has announced a consultation regarding mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all frontline NHS staff, health and social care workers, and volunteers working in England who have face-to-face contact with service users. Depending on the outcome of this consultation they may need to provide evidence that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are medically exempt.

As well as standard NHS benefits like generous holiday entitlement and an excellent pension scheme, we offer lots of extras for our staff. You can find out more information here - scasjobs.co.uk/benefits