Army - Ambulance Technician - NHS4

Job description

About the job

Job summary

The Army Aviation Centre has a vacancy within the Department of Aviation medicine. This is an exciting opportunity to become a member of the medical team at Middle Wallop, where the Army trains all its pilots, communication specialists and ground crew.

As an MOD Civil Servant at the Army Aviation Centre, you will work alongside other civilians and military personnel and be a part of the team that keeps the British Army in the air.

This position is advertised at 37.5 hours per week.

Job description

The Department consists of a team of 8 personnel, both military and civil service, covering clinical and administration functions, including airfield emergency response, occupational health screening, quality improvement and support to the primary healthcare team. The successful candidate will be one of 5 Ambulance technician posts, providing initial emergency response to airfield incidents during airfield opening hours, conducting routine clinical observations, dealing with medical appointment related enquiries either face to face, by telephone or email and conducting limited maintenance checks of medical equipment.
On the job training will be given in the use of the medical IT systems (Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP), ambulance driving and Defence policies.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Provide pre-hospital emergency care, triage and stabilise casualties up to First Responder Emergency Care (FREC) level 4 or equivalent standard.
• Conduct regular serviceability checks of medical equipment and vehicles.
• Conduct preliminary observations for routine occupational medical examinations including audiometry, peak flow, blood pressure, urinalysis, visual acuity, ECG and spirometry.
• Provide treatment for minor ailments and injuries within scope of practice.
• Manage health records maintaining Caldicott standards.
• Contribute to assurance, governance and quality improvement activity.
• Provide accountability for medical supplies held within emergency modules.
• Comply with Infection prevention and control standards for the practice and ambulance.
• Maintain a professional portfolio with reflective evidence of professional development and clinical experience.
• Understand that bullying, harassment and discrimination are unacceptable.
• Comply with legislation and Defence Policy on health, safety and risk management.

A C1 category driving licence is required.

Evidence of Hep B Immunity is required.

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Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, patients and service users. MOD policy remains aligned with the government position that vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others from the risk of getting seriously ill/dying from COVID-19 and reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 to others. We therefore encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Detail concerning the options available for vaccination against COVID-19, along with information on risks and side effects is available from: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines - NHS (www.nhs.uk) to enable individuals to make an informed decision.

Person specification

We are looking for a practitioner with outstanding inter-personal skills, pre-hospital care experience, with the ability to conduct initial assessment of an emergency scenario. You should be able to handle your own workload, be adaptable, prioritising and reassessing as tasks are received. You will be encouraged to deliver an excellent level of evidence-based health care and administrative support, with the highest level of accuracy, be prepared to work flexibly and to contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

Licences

C1 category driving licence

Qualifications

Candidates must hold either of the below Ambulance Practitioner Qualifications:

Institute of Health and Care Development (IHCD) Ambulance Technician

First Responder Emergency Care (FREC) L4

Emergency Care Assistant

Evidence of qualification will be required at interview.
All qualifications/licences declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date.
Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Service Improvement- level 2
• Quality- Level 2
• Equality and Diversity- Level 2
• Communication- Level 2
• Personal and People Development- Level 2
• HWB6 Assessment and Treatment planning- Level 2

Benefits

This post does not offer Relocation Allowance.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

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• 27 days paid annual leave rising to 33 days upon completion of 10 years service.
• 8 public holidays per year.
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Free on-site parking
• Free use of gym for members of the Civil Service Sports Council Sports and Leisure Club (monthly subscription 4.25)
• On-site cafeteria and coffee shop

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Sift and interview dates are to be confirmed.

The initial Sift will be conducted on the experiences and technical skills success profiles.

Successful applicants will then be interviewed on their experience and there will be an assessment of the 6 technical skills:

• Service Improvement- level 2
• Quality- Level 2
• Equality and Diversity- Level 2
• Communication- Level 2
• Personal and People Development- Level 2
• HWB6 Assessment and Treatment planning- Level 2

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Steve Kirk
• Email : [email protected]
• Telephone : 01264 784209

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]

Further information

Please see Further Information document attached