Qualified Paramedic

Job overview

We are looking for Qualified Paramedics who will be ready to start between April -July 2025.

Following the training period, you will be based specifically from the following stations:

North North - Milton Keynes, Stoke Mandeville

North East – Wexham, High Wycombe

North South – Reading

South East – North Harbour

If your confirmed station is at Wexham or Bracknell, you will also receive 5% High Cost Allowance (Fringe).

Whilst we will endeavour to place you at your preferred station, location is subject to vacancies being available and the needs of the service at that time.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for applicants that are:

• Passionate about high quality patient care.
• Professional in everything you do.
• Compassionate and able to remain calm under pressure.
• Wanting a varied and challenging job.
• Emotionally and physically resilient and a good communicator.

All you need is:

• To be an existing Band 6 Qualified Paramedic with current HCPC registration. If you registered as a Paramedic with HCPC after September 2016, you must have continued to practice operationally and be able to provide evidence that you have completed the 2 year NHS NQP Consolidation of Learning programme. This evidence will be requested during the recruitment process should your application be successful.
• Have a full valid UK manual driving licence (including Category B and Category C1 – over 3500kg with no more than 3 points. The Trust motor insurers would not entertain inclusion of any applicants who had had their driving licence removed following a Dangerous Driving or Drink or Drugs offence for a minimum period of 5 years from when their licence is reinstated. Each case would need to be passed to Trust brokers / insurers in order for the individual circumstances to be taken into account.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details of the role please look at the job description and person specification attached, as well as SCAS Values and other attachments on this advert.

In return we can offer…

• Induction and Clinical Training for 2 weeks and 2 days.
• Up to five days of driver training delivered by our specialist driver training team if you have a IHCD or FutureQuals driving qualification or 4 weeks if you do not hold Trust approved emergency driving qualification.
• Regular clinical updates
• Access to continuing professional development (CPD)
• Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme

The finer details:

• The clinical training programme is not residential so you will need to be able to get to our Education Centre in Newbury, Whiteley or Bicester on your own and at your own cost. Please note training is Monday - Friday during the day and you will need to commit to the full course.
• If your application demonstrates that you are what we are looking for, then you will be invited to an online interview which will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. A fitness assessment will also be required and will take place from one of our Education Centres in either Bicester, Newbury or Whiteley. Further details will be confirmed to you following shortlisting.
• All successful candidates who are offered a job with us will have to undertake employment checks as part of our recruitment process, including, an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Baring Service) check, which SCAS will fund, clearance from our Occupational Health department, references, ID and right to work verification.
• Our station availability is specific – please check the locations that are currently available on this advert before applying. You will be asked to complete a location preference form at conditional offer stage. We will take into account your preferences on where you wish to work, and best match this to our available vacancies at the time. We can’t guarantee placing you in your first preference but we will do very our best