There are many opportunities to work within the Ambulance Service Team for the NHS or Social Care in Mid and South Essex and our services are provided by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).
Ambulance Service staff support service users to access emergency medical treatment or transport 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. There are many unique roles in the Ambulance Service from providing initial emergency assistance to ensuring service users are able visit and attend another healthcare setting and attend their appointments on time.
Ambulance Service staff work alongside multidisciplinary medical and clinical teams in a variety of settings to support service users and are one of 10 independent ambulance services in the UK.
To be employed in Ambulance Service roles you will need to demonstrate a variety of different skills but a good standard of literacy and numeracy is important and for some roles, employers will ask for GCSE’s or equivalent in maths and English. Digital skills and qualifications are also highly sought after as many NHS and Social Care settings rely on IT based systems to manage their databases and patient information.
Working for the NHS or for Social Care in Mid and South Essex provides many opportunities to develop your skills further and there are a wide range of apprenticeships, in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities available that you can use to build your career.
There are also opportunities to develop your career within the Ambulance Service by taking on additional responsibility and you could become a team leader, supervisor or a manager.
Ambulance Service roles have lots of face-to-face contact with patients and other healthcare professionals and once qualified, you are able to gain recognised registration in some roles.
There are also many support roles available in the Ambulance Service for those who are looking to start their career or assist with patient care without registration.
Ambulance service roles
Tiles with Ambulance Care Assistant and Patient Transport Service (PTS) Driver, Call Handler, Emergency Medical Dispatcher, Emergency Care Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, Experienced Paramedic, Patient Transport Service Call Handler and Paramedic.