Trainee Paramedic Pathway

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You will need to be available to attend a fitness assessment from one of our Education Centres and an interview which will be conducted via Microsoft Teams in June 2025. These can be conducted in any order and dates will be advised if shortlisted.

Stage 1 – Undertake a Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) apprenticeship.

This part of the apprenticeship is 18-months in duration. Following initial induction and driver training at one of our education centres, apprentices will undertake a mixture of continued classroom education and deployment within our Frontline 999 Operational Teams working towards the Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioners. During these operational deployments, apprentices will work alongside qualified clinicians responding to urgent and emergency calls, developing their AAP skills, knowledge and behaviours whilst consolidating practice through completion of an apprenticeship portfolio. At the end of the 18-month apprenticeship, apprentices will undertake an End Point Assessment. Before commencement of stage 2, there is a period of consolidation.

Stage 2 - Undertake a 2-year Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Paramedic Science and become an HCPC registered Paramedic.

The post holder will provide, urgent, emergency, and social care to patients in a pre-hospital environment in accordance with the role of Apprentice Student Paramedic.

They will ensure that they deliver the service in accordance with their apprenticeship training, scope of practice and guidance under structured supervision. They will act in accordance with the Trust and university’s policies, procedures and protocols, Apprentice Student Paramedic’s scope of practice, appropriate sections of the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) guidelines and current legislation, including the Health and Care Professions Council standard of conduct and ethics for students, at all times.

 The post holder will be responsible for providing (under supervision) care, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and movement of patients in and out of hospital in emergency and non-emergency situation across a wide range of patient groups, in a wide range of settings.

Once all aspects of the apprenticeship programme have been successfully completed and HCPC registered, the post holder will become a Newly Qualified Paramedic.

Please see apprenticeship eligibility guidance Apprenticeship funding rules for employer-providers - Annex A: Eligibility criteria (who we fund) - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Unfortunately, due to the programme design and apprenticeship funding rules, we are not able to accept applications from individuals with formal pre-hospital qualifications such as ECA, IHCD Technician or FREC 4 & 5 and INTERNAL ECAs – they should apply through the normal Apprentice Student Paramedic development route.

Driving is an essential skill for this role, C1 or C1 provisional category manual driving licence is essential at the point of application with no more than 3 penalty points. Due to the timescales for obtaining C1 provisional, we will not shortlist anyone without this category on their licence.

Upon submission of your application, we will be in contact to request your DVLA licence summary to check this category.

Please note that your full C1 entitlement will be required no later than 6 weeks prior to your training start date.

What do I need to apply?

You are required to have 5 GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above including Maths, English Language, and a Science (Integrated/Combined Science, Biology, Physics or Chemistry) or equivalent. Functional Skills level 2 will be accepted in lieu of GCSE Maths and English Language. Original certificates to evidence your qualifications must be provided at time of application.

Upon submission of your application, we will be in contact to request evidence of these.

If you don’t have these, you will need to request replacement certificates - gov.uk/replacement-exam-certificate.

A FAQ document can be found attached below within the documents to download section.

Applicants who don’t demonstrate how they meet the Person Specification within their application will not be shortlisted.

Please ensure you demonstrate how you already embrace our values in your current/previous employments or educational settings within your application.

This will be a competitive process and we strongly advise you to review the following link which details instructions on how to apply  – Application process - SCAS Jobs