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South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is part of the National Health Service (NHS). We respond to 999 calls from the public, urgent calls from healthcare professionals and provide NHS 111 services across the region.

As part of the NHS we are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. It ensures that health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate high quality care and encourages care services to improve.

You can find our latest report here South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - Overview - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk) and previous reports on the CQC Website.

We have a vision to support our staff and provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities.

Our 4,000+ staff provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire.

Our two main functions:

Accident and emergency service to respond to 999 calls
NHS 111 service for when medical help is needed fast, but it's not an emergency

We currently have a number of available roles and we would love for you to join our service.

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Address: Nexus House; 4 Gatwick Road; Crawley; West Sussex; RH10 9BG
Contact Number: 0300 123 0999

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Closed

Cyf: 278-EXPNQP-0124-LR ID y swydd wag: 6014807

Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP)

Closed for applications on: 11-Chwef-2024 00:00

Statws y swydd wag: Closed

Closed for applications on: 11-Chwef-2024 00:00

Lleoliad

Gwefan: Chertsey Dispatch Desk
Tref: Chertsey
Cod post: KT16 0PJ
Major / Minor Region: Gorllewin Sussex

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Contract

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37.5 awr yr wythnos

Cyflog

Cyflog: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Gradd: (Band 5)

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Prif leoliad: Newly Qualified Paramedic

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.

Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

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We know that many colleagues aspire to progress and we are proud of our progression programmes and will actively support, you once you have the relevant experience, to progress be that to become an Operational Team Leader, Critical Care Paramedic or Paramedic Practitioner in field operations. Work in one of our emergency operation control centres as a 111 Clinical Advisor or an EOC Clinical Supervisor. We also support other pathways within the Trust such as training to become part of our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) or Special Operations Response Team (SORT). We are delighted to advise that we accept applications from our Newly Qualified Paramedics onto our SORT team once your probation period is completed.

The recruitment process for this year will include the following elements:

Submission of an online application

Guaranteed interview as long as on a recognised Paramedic programme.

Interview at our assessment centre – based on Values and competency in a “multi-mini interview format”.

A fitness test assessment -

Uniform fitting.

A discussion with an operational lead to match you to the best area of SECAmb to commence employment (subject to vacancies).

Following success passing the assessment centre a conditional offer then be made within a week and we will commence compliance, which covers ID Checks, DBS checks, Occupational health, Upon clearing compliance and obtaining your C1 licence your offer of employment location will be finalised. Assistance with relocation costs and obtaining C1 licence maybe available subject to meeting the pre-set criteria’s.

You must also have a full EU driving licence with no more than three (3) points and the C1 category, before commencing employment with SECAmb.

A condition of employment is that until you have completed 52 weeks in the area of the trust you have applied for that you cannot apply to join the transfer list to move to another trust location during this period. This is to support the mentorship and skill mix and ensure vacancies are planned for.

Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.

Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination.

Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff.

In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable.

Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions. If you are shortlisted you will then be sent a self declaration form, which must be completed prior to attending interview. for any queries relating to declarations, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy.

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.

We are a committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.

The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you’re applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.

Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [email protected] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.

When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years’ history.

Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.

Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.

Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible.

Follow our recruitment on Twitter @SECAmbRecruit and check out our Facebook page - SECAmb NHS Recruitment. You can also find us on Linkedin under South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

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