Closing date - 06/10/24

Closing Time - 11:59:00

Cardiff

Urgent Care/Falls Assistant

Salary - £11.99 per hour Permanent - Full time - 35.0 hours per week

The Urgent Care & Falls Assistant is responsible for providing a high level of quality and effective care to patients within the community, under the direction of the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST) or other clients. This role will be providing transportation for high-dependency and non-emergency patients or attending falls response or welfare calls in a timely manner.

The Assistant will attend patients and service users and act in accordance with St John Ambulance Cymru policies and procedures. The assistant is responsible for providing a patient assessment at scene, the provision of any suitable emergency treatment or support in line with the trained clinical scope of practice or contract requirements.

The service operates 365 days a year and we provide 24-hour support, so day and night-time working will be required as well as working on weekends in a shift pattern. If successful in the role, the candidate will be expected to lone work comfortably on times, during day and night shifts, therefore you must be confident in your own skills and able to work under pressure.

How to Apply

If you want to join Wales’s leading first aid charity and you have the required skills and attributes to help our Ambulance Operations Team succeed, we would love to hear from you!

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete our application form by 11.59pm on Sunday 6th October 2024. If shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a recruitment day, further details will follow. 

If you have any questions about this role, please feel free to contact either David Tyler (Operational Delivery Manager) at David Tyler  or Paul Wiggins (Ambulance Business Manager) at for an informal chat.

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