Specialist Mental Health Paramedic

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen as part of an exciting new mental health focused initiative delivered by West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with West Midlands Integrated Care Boards.

This role represents a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting new service delivery and quality improvement project within West Midlands Ambulance Service.

The introduction of five new mental health response vehicles represents a significant investment in seeking to improve the quality of care afforded to patients presenting to the ambulance service with mental health needs. The implementation of these resources forms part of a wider project to improve the ambulance response to mental health, including through the use of specialist mental health clinicians with the emergency operations centre and delivering innovative new clinical development and education opportunities for staff across the organisation to facilitate increased knowledge and skills relating to the management of patients with mental health needs.

Mental health response vehicles are based at and operate seven days a week from ambulance hubs within five of six ICB areas, including Birmingham and Solihull (Hollymoor Hub), Coventry and Warwickshire (Coventry Hub), Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Worcester Hub), Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (Shrewsbury Hub) and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent (Stoke Hub).

This vacancy is for Worcester, Coventry & Shrewsbury HUBs

Main duties of the job

West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating an inclusive, supportive, and accessible workplace for everyone where our colleagues feel empowered to succeed.

Each person plays a vital part to ensuring our organisation meets the differing needs of our communities ultimately enabling us to save lives. We acknowledge that a workforce that reflects the communities that it serves provide better patient care and we are therefore looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people from all backgrounds that care about making a difference to our patients.

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity at all levels. We are proud to have maintained Disability Confident Leader status and as part of our commitments to this we guarantee to invite all applicants who meet the essential criteria for a role to attend assessment or interview. If you have a disability or learning difficulty, and prefer to disclose it, please feel free to do so in your application. You can also contact the Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@wmas.nhs.uk if you wish to have a confidential discussion. We use this information, with your permission, to ensure you are fully supported during the recruitment process.

The Trust is proud to support our Armed Forces community and have signed up to the Step Into Health initiative. We welcome applications from Armed Forces Veterans and Service leavers.

Job responsibilities

As part of this role, post-holders will be supported to apply for and complete additional formal education in mental health care in partnership with local higher education institutions.

Specialist Mental Health Paramedics will work across the West Midlands Ambulance Service as part of the regional mental health response vehicle team to provide high quality, patient centred specialist care to patients presenting with primary mental health needs.

If this position involves a regulated activity it will require an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. The disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children, adults or both

Where a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is required for the post, all applicants are required to cover the cost of the check. The cost of £57.76 for an enhanced check is payable to our online provider at the time that the DBS application is submitted. Upon receipt of your DBS you will then be required to sign up to the DBS online update service.