Ambulance Support Worker

This vacancy is for a number of positions throughout Yorkshire, covering North, South, East and West Yorkshire.

An Ambulance Support Worker (ASW) responds to emergency calls alongside a paramedic, helping them to provide patients with potentially life-saving care and, where needed, getting patients to hospital. They attend every kind of accident and emergency, sometimes covering considerable distances, using expert emergency driving skills to get to the scene with the greatest speed possible.

The role of ASW can provide an excellent opportunity to further develop a career in healthcare and within Yorkshire Ambulance Service. You will be required to undertake aLevel 3 Ambulance Support Worker Apprenticeship. This is a nationally recognised qualification that demonstrates your operational competency in the care field. Following successful completion, it will enable you to benefit from career progression within the Trust, including development opportunities to become aHCPC-registered paramedic.

Please note:This vacancy is open to applicants seeking a base station throughoutNorth, South, East and West Yorkshire. Applicants should apply for their preferred base location within Yorkshire.

We are looking for people who areconfident, caring, compassionate and hardworking, with a genuine passion for making a positive difference to the lives of people across Yorkshire. The role requires flexibility, and you will be expected to work a variety of shifts, includingdays, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

This is astimulating, rewarding and challenging role, and it is important to recognise that it is not a career path for everyone. No two shifts will ever be the same. You could find yourself responding to a road traffic collision involving patients with multiple serious injuries, or supporting the transfer of a critically ill baby to a specialist treatment centre.

As an Ambulance Support Worker, you will be ahighly visible representative and role model for Yorkshire Ambulance Service. The way you communicate and conduct yourself is just as important as the care you provide. You will be expected to demonstrate professionalism, compassion and respect when working with patients, members of the public and colleagues.

As part of the role, you will be required to demonstrate and maintain aconsistently high standard of emergency drivingin accordance with UK national standards. You will also be required to successfully complete theLevel 3 Emergency Ambulance Response Driving qualification, developing the specialist driving skills needed to safely respond to emergency incidents and transport patients., C1 Driving Licence:As this is an emergency response driving role, it is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence withno more than 3 penalty points. You will also be required to hold theC1 categoryon your driving licence.

Essential Qualifications:At the time of application, youmust hold and be able to provide official certificate evidence of 3 GCSEs at grade 4/C or above, includingEnglish and Mathematics, plusone other GCSE, or equivalentFunctional Skills Level 2 qualifications.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our values:Kindness, Respect,Teamwork and Improvement are at the heart of all we do.