Ambulance Care Assistants who work on the urgent tier will work with a qualified Ambulance Technician or Paramedic as part of a double crew. They deal with the transportation of accident and emergency urgent calls, and category C and 5 patients. They will also deal with inter-hospital transfers, discharges and admissions.
In addition to completing their Ambulance Care Assistant training, they are required to undertake an additional three weeks driving training to accident and emergency standard.
A full training package is provided on appointment to the role.
Roles are generally on a Band 3 which from April 2011 is £15,860 - £18,827
For details on our application process; please see our “How to Apply” section