PTS Ambulance Care Assistant - West Yorkshire Area

Would you like to be part of a team delivering an invaluable service to our patients within the Yorkshire region?

Do you love supporting and working with members of the public?

Could you communicate with a wide range of people, from patients to healthcare representatives, adapting your approach to give the best possible customer service?

Do you enjoy overcoming challenges as part of a team and carrying out manual handling tasks?

Do you enjoy driving and visiting new areas across West Yorkshire and beyond?

Are you interested in being part of a team that delivers over 900,000 non-emergency patient journeys across Yorkshire each year?

If this sounds like you, we would love to receive your application to join our team of non-emergency patient transport service (PTS) ambulance care assistants we have permanent full time positions in Keighley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Leeds and Castleford. But we are also look for bank on zero hour contracts staff across West Yorkshire.

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The role will be based in the West Yorkshire area we have positions in Keighley, Dewsbury, Leeds, Wakefield and Castleford and is either a full time contract working 37.5hrs per week or on a bank zero hour contract. At times you may work on your own, or sometimes as part of a double crew transporting a wide range of patients across Yorkshire and Humberside.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to Equality and Diversity, with a range of occupational health and support services available to all staff.

You will support patients, their carers and healthcare representatives, transporting them on journeys to and from healthcare appointments, and helping hospitals discharge patients when they are fit enough to leave a hospital setting.

You must be able to consider each patient as an individual and meet a wide variety of communication and other needs.

Most importantly, you will need to be polite, professional, and eager to make the patients experience a pleasant one.

The Trust operates a formal program of ongoing staff development, with training opportunities and offers good opportunities for career progression.

You will be able to join the NHS Pension Scheme and will be able to access other NHS money saving benefits for example, access to discounts in over 200 stores, days outs and restaurants by signing up to a Blue Light card.

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