Emergency Care Assistant

This role will respond to emergencies, events, general appointments, alongside a paramedic/EMT, helping them to provide patients with potentially life-saving care and, where needed, getting patients to hospital. The role will be required to attend every kind of accident and emergency, sometimes covering considerable distances. You will be required to assist a qualified practitioner in the delivery of high quality and effective clinical and personal care and transportation of patients. There will also be a requirement to carry out allocated operational duties commensurate with the role and responsibilities, supporting the provision of clinical social and holistic care to patients. Main Duties and Responsibilities • Ensure a continuous duty of care to patients within the level of training and competency of this role, ensuring an appropriate level of monitoring and treatment is maintained and continued. • Provide a clear handover report when the patient is handed into the care of another health professional, this should record all pertinent patient information. • Drive all types of approved ambulance vehicles under normal and blue light circumstances, in accordance with the standards of the service and within road traffic law, taking particular care of the vehicle, occupants and other road users • Carry out general vehicle checks at the start of and during each shift to ensure the readiness of the vehicle. • Maintain a competent working knowledge of all medical and life support equipment carried on vehicles appropriate to the required skill level and scope of practice • Maintain competence in assisting a qualified practitioner in the use of appropriate equipment • Comply with basic scene safety checks and the associated basic risk assessments, working with other healthcare or emergency services staff • Support qualified practitioners as directed in the provision of high-quality care • Provide and take relevant information from carers or others at any scene, reporting to qualified practitioner, health care professions, hospital or other relevant agencies as required Job description Job responsibilities This role will respond to emergencies, events, general appointments, alongside a paramedic/EMT, helping them to provide patients with potentially life-saving care and, where needed, getting patients to hospital. The role will be required to attend every kind of accident and emergency, sometimes covering considerable distances. You will be required to assist a qualified practitioner in the delivery of high quality and effective clinical and personal care and transportation of patients. There will also be a requirement to carry out allocated operational duties commensurate with the role and responsibilities, supporting the provision of clinical social and holistic care to patients. Main Duties and Responsibilities • Ensure a continuous duty of care to patients within the level of training and competency of this role, ensuring an appropriate level of monitoring and treatment is maintained and continued. • Provide a clear handover report when the patient is handed into the care of another health professional, this should record all pertinent patient information. • Drive all types of approved ambulance vehicles under normal and blue light circumstances, in accordance with the standards of the service and within road traffic law, taking particular care of the vehicle, occupants and other road users • Carry out general vehicle checks at the start of and during each shift to ensure the readiness of the vehicle. • Maintain a competent working knowledge of all medical and life support equipment carried on vehicles appropriate to the required skill level and scope of practice • Maintain competence in assisting a qualified practitioner in the use of appropriate equipment • Comply with basic scene safety checks and the associated basic risk assessments, working with other healthcare or emergency services staff • Support qualified practitioners as directed in the provision of high-quality care • Provide and take relevant information from carers or others at any scene, reporting to qualified practitioner, health care professions, hospital or other relevant agencies as required