Ambulance Care Assistant

2 weeks ago


Leicester, United Kingdom EMED Group Full time

We have a fantastic opportunity for Ambulance Care Assistants to join our team based inLeicester.

An Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role. Each day, you’ll be helping someone in need, making their lives that little bit easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.

What benefits can you expect?

Paid holiday entitlement £11.44 per hour 37.5 hours per week Rolling Roster – Monday to Sunday including morning, afternoon and late shifts. NEST Pension contributions Apprenticeship learning opportunities for career development Monthly colleague recognition rewards Discounted high street benefits – Blue Light Card Access to our employee assistance programmes for wellbeing support Uniform provided

Other duties include:

Transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities. Assisting in the transportation of ‘end of life’ service users, ensuring a high level of empathy is present at all times Building rapport by effectively communicating with patients and their relatives/friends Responsible for lifting, securing and helping service users in and out of the Ambulance Assist with the handing over of patients to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment centres/hospital’s or to family/friends at their homes. Transfer patients from beds to stretchers, chairs to chairs or similar both in and out of hospital and medical/commercial flights. Assisting service users with challenging behaviour and/or mental health illnesses Ensuring that the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy

To be considered as an ACA, you will need to be:

Hold a full UK driving licence with less than 6 penalty points Committed to patient care An effective communicator and experience of communicating with others in what can often be emotional circumstances To be a calm, considerate, careful driver To have a natural flair for team working and collaboration Be physically fit for patient handling and moving Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded) Familiar with the local and surrounding area

Please note that this role will be subject to several regulatory pre-employment checks, and you will be asked to provide details of your full employment history should you be invited to an interview. Your HMRC record, available to download from the Government Gateway may help you in preparing this information when required.

About Us

The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with more than 2,500 colleagues across 50 depots.

EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.



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