ACA - Ambulance Care Assistant (Bank/FT)
The role will require you to transport low dependency patients to and from treatment centres in a comfortable, caring, compassionate, empathetic and reassuring, timely manner to defined standards based on the principles of CQC standard domains – Caring, Responsive, Effective, Well Led and Safe – C.R.E.W.S.
A friendly smile and encouraging approach will make a real difference to the patients that you help, giving them a much-needed boost before or after their appointment.
Working as an Ambulance Care Assistant is highly rewarding, allowing you to make a difference to the experience of patients living with illnesses.
Key elements of the role:
* Maintain high standards of patient Care demonstrated by maintaining patient dignity, respect and privacy, communicating effectively delivering a service in an empathetic manner
* Support the delivery of a Responsive service delivery to meet individual needs of patients and continual improvement of service delivery, providing the necessary level of flexibility, working beyond shift finish times to complete duties
* Effective service by working effectively as a team to ensure patient centred care and service
* Support the management team to ensure well led service by reporting concerns, communicating with line managers
* Provide Safe services by the safe use of equipment and vehicles, safe comfortable driving and maintenance of infection control standards
* Use and care of equipment
* Reliable and on-time
* Timeliness of reporting completion or amendments to planned journeys
* Flexibility
* Careful and considerate drivers.
* Understanding of patients’ abilities (conditions/ limitations)
* Good people skills with a polite and friendly manner
* You will be required to move patients
* A good knowledge of the local area
* Experience in the industry is essential for this role
* A full driving licence (no more than 3 points)
* An enhanced disclosure check is required (DBS) cost will be covered by the business
* Able to provide a minimum of 2 references. References must cover the last 3 years of employment.
In return for your time & hard work;
* Training & development
* Access to receive an industry card which enables access to 
* Access to health check appointments
* Recognition and Reward programme
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Freelance
Pay: £11.50-£14.50 per hour
Benefits:
* Employee discount
* Employee mentoring programme
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
Schedule:
* 10 hour shift
* 12 hour shift
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
* Night shift
* Overtime
* Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
* Bonus scheme
* Performance bonus
Application question(s):
* Are you aged 21 and over? This is for insurances purposes
Licence/Certification:
* Manual UK Driving Licence for a minimum of two years (required)
Work Location: In person
To apply for this exciting opportunity within our friendly team please send us your C.V. now.....