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ACA - Lewisham Hospital

Job Reference 5287

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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Full Time
Salary:
£9.24 per hour
Location:
London
Closing Date:
01/01/2018
Job Category:
Ambulance Driver/PTS Front Line
Region / Division:
UK & Ireland
Business Unit:
Health Services

Main Responsibilities

AMBULANCE CARE ASSISTANT (ACA)

Location:  Lewisham Hospital, SE13 6LH

Salary:  £9.24 per hour

Hours:  Various

G4S Healthcare Services have exciting opportunities for Ambulance Care Assistants to join our expanding Healthcare team. 

G4S Healthcare Services have opportunities for an Ambulance Care Assistant to join our expanding Healthcare team.

Job outline:

The Ambulance Person will provide patient transport services, convey non-emergency patients to and from hospital and clinic appointments ensuring the patient’s welfare in transit and ensuring that safety and best practice are adhered to at all times. The team is dedicated to the delivery of care achieved with the highest standards of patient safety and experience.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Understand patients special needs and mobility to ensure their safe transport ensuring the patients dignity and respect is maintained
  • Operate interchangeably as either driver or attendant in a single person or 2- person ambulance crew and act and promote teamwork to ensure high standards of service delivery.
  • Assist, move and handle patients, who may be ambulatory or wheelchair bound, using appropriate equipment
  • Where necessary e.g. carrying patients up the stairs using carry chair, moving immobile patients in and out of bed, wheelchairs into and out of the vehicle and on stretchers as necessary. 
  • Ensure patients are safely seated whilst in transit.
  • Minimise and deal with aggressive and abusive behaviour to reduce risks to safety and ensure patient welfare
  • Ensure the use of appropriate equipment and approved manual handling techniques
  • Maintain the cleanliness and ensure the routine daily checks of designated vehicles are carried out prior to deployment
  • Assist patients when entering and leaving their homes and take all reasonable actions to ensure the safety and security of their property.
  • Liaise and report to Control as directed within operational procedures in updating location and status and respond appropriately to instructions
  • Upon arrival at the place of treatment, convey patients to the appropriate location within the building as directed by Control.
  • To be flexible on a daily basis in relation to shift finishing times.
  • Maintain records as appropriate. Comply with all G4S instructions, procedures, guidelines, protocols, policies and relevant systems and adhere to all statutory legislation. 

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills:

• Full driving license required with no more than 3 points
• Strong communication skills, interpersonal skills and ability to express empathy
• Duties will involve lifting and moving patients
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative

Desirable Skills:


• Experience or knowledge of Patient Transport Services

The benefits and rewards of working for such a large organisation are:

• Company pension scheme with employer contributions
• G4S Life Assurance Scheme
• G4S Great for Savings: Discounts on high street shops and brands including several leading high street brands, retailers and travel suppliers
• G4S Box Office: As an official supplier to The O2, employees have the chance to buy tickets for a range of events
• O2 Discounts: For discounted offers on handsets, tariffs and broadband       
• Child Care vouchers
• Eye Care Vouchers – Free eye-tests/discounts for VDU users
• Hospital Saturday Fund (HSF) Health Plan       
• Charity work- Match-IT and Payroll Giving
• Employee Care Scheme (Best Doctors and First Assist Counselling Services)

G4S is an equal opportunity employer.

Please note that this vacancy is subject to a minimum 5 year checkable employment and education history. To apply for this role, you must be a citizen of the UK for the last three years.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1974 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.