Ambulance Care Assistant (Bank)

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Ambulance Care Assistant to serve your local community and join the Ambulance Service as part of our Ambulance crew based in LEEDS on a bank (0 hour) contract


An Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role. Each day, you’ll be helping someone in need, making their lives that little bit easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.


What benefits can you expect?


£12.21 per hour
The flexibility of a bank (0 hour) position - work when suits you to support the needs of the business
Uniform provided.

Other duties include:


Transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities.
Assisting in the transportation of ‘end of life’ service users, ensuring a high level of empathy is present at all times
Building rapport by effectively communicating with patients and their relatives/friends
Responsible for lifting, securing and helping service users in and out of the Ambulance
Assist with the handing over of patients to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment centres/hospital’s or to family/friends at their homes.
Transfer patients from beds to stretchers, chairs to chairs or similar both in and out of hospital and medical/commercial flights.
Assisting service users with challenging behaviour and/or mental health illnesses
Ensuring that the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy

To be considered as an ACA, you will need to be:


Hold a full UK driving licence with less than 6 penalty points
Committed to patient care
An effective communicator and experience of communicating with others in what can often be emotional circumstances
To be a calm, considerate, careful driver
To have a natural flair for team working and collaboration
Be physically fit for patient handling and moving
Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded)
Familiar with the local and surrounding area