Newly Qualified Paramedic (Graduate) - Suffolk & North Essex

Our vision - Outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day. #WeAreEEAST

We are welcoming applications from university student paramedic graduates or newly qualified paramedics (NQPs) to continue their chosen career with the East of England Ambulance Service Trust.

Benefits include:

• Career progression opportunities in to advanced clinical practice, leadership, education or research
• Access to 24/7 clinical advice, Critical Care desk and an Operational Commander
• Additional 5% fringe (high cost area) in certain areas of Hertfordshire and Essex
• C1 reimbursement of up to £1,000 (subject to terms and conditions)
• Level 3 Emergency Response Driving certificate
• Pay enhancement for out of hours shift working
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Free parking
• Minimum of 27 days annual leave
• Occupational Health services including a 24hr Employee Assistance Program, mental health and wellbeing, legal and financial services
• Staff support networks BAME, LGBTQ+, Multi Faith and All Women in EEAST.

At EEAST we expect our paramedic workforce to continue to deliver CQC rated ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and work harmoniously alongside our dedicated team of clinical staff, volunteers, call handlers and dispatchers and support services. Paramedics will routinely work with other Allied Health Professionals in partnership organisations in both hospitals and community based services to ensure safe referrals and discharge.

A shift on an ambulance is like no other workplace. You will operate in a wide range of environments, across both urban and rural areas managing everything from birth to end of life, chronic conditions to critical illness or injury.

The two-year NQP consolidation provides you with a structured, nationally developed program of support, mentorship and supervision allowing you to transition from newly qualified in to a confident and fully autonomous clinician.

Support includes:

• No solo responding in first 6 months
• 150-300 hours supervised practice in first 12 weeks after registration with an experienced paramedic.
• Practice Educator course completion at 9 months onwards, via Trust approved practice education program.
• A 24/7 Clinical Advice Line to validate your clinical decision-making, discharging planning and practice, advice on procedures or escalate critical, complex on scene decisions.
• Personally issued tablet to access electronic patient care records, up to date clinical guidelines, incident management and alternative care pathway applications.

EEAST employs over 5,000 staff with a further 1,000+ volunteers who between them cover 7,500 square miles and care for a population of more than 6 million.

Our three control rooms in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Essex handle more than 1 million 999 calls every year, over 2,500 calls a day.

We manage a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles including double staffed ambulances, rapid response cars, operational commander response vehicles, patient transport and support service vehicles.

The East of England works alongside 17 Acute Trusts with Accident & Emergency services and a Major Trauma Centre in Cambridge. Access is available to neighbouring MTCs such as those in London.

Our core values:
Care- We value warmth, empathy and compassion in all our relationships

Teamwork- Together as one, we work with pride and commitment to achieve our vision

Quality- We strive to consistently achieve high standards through continuous improvement

Respect- We value individuals, including our patients, our staff and our partners in every interaction

Honesty- We value a culture that has trust, integrity and transparency at the centre of everything we do.

Our 4 goals are:
Be an exceptional place to work, volunteer and learn

Provide outstanding quality of care and performance

Be excellent collaborators and innovators as system partners

Be an environmentally and financially sustainable organisation

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification within the supporting documents for this position.

Good luck with your application and thank you for considering EEAST as your future employer.