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London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

About
The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) is the largest free ambulance service in the world, caring for more than one-and-a-half million patients every year.
We are the only London-wide NHS Trust and are at the frontline of the NHS in the capital. We serve an area of approximately 620 square miles. Broadly speaking, this is the whole area within the M25.
We have two main functions - the provision of an Accident and Emergency service to respond to 999 calls and our Patient Transport Service, which performs an important role in taking patients to and from their hospital appointments.
In addition, we also manage the Emergency Bed Service, which co-ordinates registers of specialised care facilities available across London, along with some national monitoring services.
Contact
- Address
- London Ambulance Service Headquarters
- 220 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8SD
- Contact Number
- 020 3069 0260
HEMs Paramedic B6
Closed for applications on: 13-Feb-2024 09:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-Feb-2024 09:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Waterloo HQ & The Royal London Hospital
- Address
- The Royal London Hospital/EOC Waterloo
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- E1 1FR
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 per annum, 25% unsocial hours allowance if Annexe 5
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- HEMs Paramedic
London Ambulance Service covers an area of 620 sq. miles, serves one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital and attend more than 1.2 million incidents every single year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.
We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer, across London to respond to the health needs of over eight million people who live, work and travel in the capital. We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and NHS England for our specialist services. We work alongside London’s hospital, mental health and specialist trusts, as well as the five STPs across Greater London.
In addition we work in partnership with the other emergency services, London’s Air Ambulance and London’s Resilience Forums to make sure we are ready and prepared to respond to major incidents and ensure we keep Londoners safe.
As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.
By 2023 we will improve outcomes and experiences for all our patients by providing the right care to patients at the right time, and in the most cost effective way. This will mean up to 122,000 fewer patients being taken to emergency departments when their needs could be better met in a different way, and we will deliver significant efficiencies in avoided costs to the urgent and emergency care sector.
Job overview
We are currently recruiting for existing Band 6 Paramedics or above for secondment opportunities to London HEMS. Secondments will be for a period of one year with staggered commencement dates from June 2024.
In this role you will form part of a team aimed at enhancing patient care by providing rapid helicopter and land based responses to incidents with a specific focus on trauma. A major part of your duties will be to staff the trauma section of the Clinical Coordination Desk, in the Tactical Operations Centre within the Emergency Operations Centre, to allocate appropriate calls to the HEMS team as well as provide clinical advice to frontline crews on the treatment and movement of trauma patients to the appropriate treatment centre.
Applications to be submitted via Trac Jobs with a closing date of Tuesday 13th February 2024.
Please ensure your application includes the HEMS Paramedic essential criteria and answers to the four evidence questions.
If your application is shortlisted you will be invited to attend an interview on either the 27th or 28th February 2024 (times/dates will be on a first come first served basis booked via Trac)
Successful interview candidates will be invited to an assessment day which will be held on Saturday 16th March 2024.
If you have any questions please contact the Senior Clinical Lead Paramedic - Dean Bateman for an informal discussion ([email protected])
Advert
Our ideal candidate will be a fully qualified Band 6 paramedic with significant experience working within the accident and emergency/trauma setting.
You will need to be able to demonstrate accurate clinical decision making skills under pressure, continuous use of paramedic skills to a high standard and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Whilst this role is primarily targeted at improving on-scene trauma care, there are also development opportunities in research methodology, presentation skills and inter-agency working, as well as gaining a broader view of clinical pathways from scene to discharge.
Due to the HEMS insurance restrictions, you must be 25 years or over by the advert closing date and not have more than three penalty points on your driving licence.
Please note that you must also discuss your application with your Location Group Manager (or equivalent) to ensure they support your application and will release you for secondment. At the shortlisting stage of the process a reference request will be sent to your authorising manager to confirm this.
Working for our organisation
Successful candidates will be paid at the relevant AfC Band 6 spine point, 20% inner high cost area supplement and 25% unsocial hours pro rata (annex 5 only). The rota will be a mixture of 12 hour day shifts, either on HEMS call sign DM01 or in EOC, 12 hour night shifts, either on HEMS call sign DM02 or in EOC, 10 hour late shifts on HEMS call sign DM03 and flexi shifts which include training hours.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Undertake the full range of paramedic duties in line with the Trust’s operational instructions.
- Assess, treat, manage or refer, and where appropriate, convey patients according to the nature and severity of their condition to alternative care pathways. As appropriate, provide packages of care to patients at home.
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Undertake duties in relation to major incidents including exercises which may require call out when off duty in accordance with the Trust’s Major Incident Procedure.
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Use appropriate knowledge and skills when working with or mentoring students and new staff to ensure they are competent in undertaking clinical procedures and utilising appropriate equipment.
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Ensure the prompt, legible and accurate completion of all patient and incident records, providing a full and accurate record of decision making in accordance with the Caldicott principles, current legislation and regulatory framework.
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Communicate effectively demonstrating compassion, particularly when dealing with people who may have difficulty understanding, for example, but not limited to children, people with learning difficulties and people from different ethnic groups. Adapt communication style accordingly in order to overcome barriers.
*Please ensure you carefully read the person specification prior to completing your supporting statement*
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is a member of the Business Disability Forum and is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.
For more information on our equalities strategy, please visit our website and review our current equalities strategy.
In addition to the basic salary for all Agenda for Change posts, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in line with the NHS Agenda for Change provides 15% or 20% High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) dependant on the location of your role. The supplement is subject to minimum and maximum payment.
High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) for part time employee will be based on the part time salary.
Correspondence regarding an application will be done via email to all job applicants. Please ensure you provide current e-mail address on the job application form and please check your email inbox regularly.
If you are successful at interview and offered employment, your personal details will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Pre-employment checks will be required for all applicants who are issued with a conditional offer of employment. This includes Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) checks as required for the post and registration with the DBS update service. Documents presented for the purpose of Identity Checks will be verified for authenticity via an ID Scanner. The security features to be checked include machine readable zone, ultra violet image and infra-red image.
The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust reserves the right to close adverts before the published closing date due to high volumes of applications received.
If you do not hear back from us within four weeks of the advert closing date, please assume that you have not been successful at the shortlisting stage.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Full manual driving licence, valid in the UK including vehicle categories C1 and B (not B auto.), with no more than 3 points or any previous convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol (the licence will be assessed based on the conviction codes to decide if acceptable)
- Trust approved emergency driving qualification
- HCPC registered Paramedic with no ongoing fitness to practice proceedings or restrictions (conditions) in practice
- Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
- Minimum age of 25 and meet the eyesight standard required for a PCV licence (for HEMS fleet insurance purposes)
Desirable criteria
- ALS, PHTLS, PHEC or other advanced clinical courses
- Mentoring and/or coaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least five years’ post-registration experience with evidence of continuous paramedic practice
- Up to date portfolio including significant demonstrable relevant and recent CPD activity
- Experience of supervision, mentorship and development of a range of clinical staff in relevant practice settings
- Significant experience in patient facing emergency ambulance operations
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing in complex, contentious and sensitive situations.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to develop and adapt to change.
- Problem solving ability
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervisionsion making skills
- Planning and decision making skills
- Able to complete clinical and other records to a high standard.
- Demonstrate understanding and application of the principles of Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Human Factors in operational and clinical environments.
Personal Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to develop effective professional working relationships with colleagues and the public
- Able to use initiative/self-motivated
- Maintains a flexible and proactive approach to work.
- Act with honesty and integrity.
- Caring attitude and sensitivity to others
- Confident with the ability to take a lead role
- Able to promote equality and value diversity
- Able to ensure care of own health and wellbeing to promote improvements to physical and emotional wellbeing.
HEMs Specific
Essential criteria
- A good level of fitness, with weight proportional to height
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the London Trauma Network and how it impacts on the LAS and HEMS
- Ability to analyse, summarise and identify relevance in medical journal articles
- Knowledge and experience of the Priority Dispatching processes, such as MPDS, communication and computer technology used in the Control Room (EOC)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lynsey Grant
- Job title
- Lead HEMS Paramedic - Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07961 526455
No longer accepting applications
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