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Ambulance Care Assistant - Casual (x12 positions)
Location: Belfast covering Northern Ireland
Contract type: Casual
Hours: As and when required, hours will vary between 8 to 12 hour shifts days to evenings on a seven day service. (no night shifts)
Salary: £10.28 per hour

Our Ambulance support work is contract driven and based around agreements to provide a range of services from Patient Transport to emergency ambulance support within Northern Ireland.

Our services are regulated by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) and we apply the same standards to our service delivery across the whole of the UK. Our fleet and equipment is comparable with those deployed by NHS services.

We're a close-knit team united by one goal - to save lives.

We currently have 12 exciting opportunities, for enthusiastic, and caring individuals to join our team in Northern Ireland on a casual basis, to support our Patient Transport Service.

You will work as part of a team responsible for providing safe and effective patient transport for people within the Northern Ireland. The role involves driving, or assisting as part of a crew, patients with different requirements based on their mobility classification.

You will play an important role in conveying patients in a safe, comfortable, and sympathetic manner, observing road and driving conditions at all times.

Our services are regulated by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) and we apply the same standards to our service delivery across the whole of the UK.

Our fleet and equipment are comparable with those deployed by NHS services.

Ambulance Care Assistants tend to work shifts of 8 to 12 hours duration. Working patterns are over a seven day service. . Full training will be provided. We anticipate successful candidates beginning training in early to mid November.

Full training will be provided prior to commencing operational activities. We anticipate training groups will commence at the end of February and will continue until the end of March. The training will be delivered through a mix of online self-service, face-to-face and Zoom modules. For this reason, applicants will need to be available for x6 face to face training sessions (weekends), home e-learning and Zoom delivered training (from home) over x3 days and x2 evenings.

What you’ll bring to the role

Your warm, caring nature and positive attitude will bring comfort to patients. You’ll be sensitive when working with vulnerable people and have no trouble going the extra mile to make them feel comfortable, safe and cared for.

Your previous experience, as well as understanding and awareness of the differing physical needs of our service users and a genuine interest in their well-being; and your desire to help people in your local community.

Your enthusiasm and willingness to take on whatever challenges this role presents

This role might be for you if:

You have a full, clean drivers’ licence (held for a minimum of two years) (Essential)
You should have GCSEs or equivalent in Maths and English
You're passionate about bringing your past experience of patient care to the British Red Cross
You're flexible - comfortable working shifts including unsocial hours, bank holidays, evenings and weekends as required

The closing date for applications is (23:59) Sunday the 22nd of January 2023, with interviews to follow soon after.

Please note that early application is encouraged, as we’ll be reviewing applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close this vacancy in advance of the published closing date.

A little bit more about us...

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination.
Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation's Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.

As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.

If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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