NHS
AMBULANCE CARE ASSISTANT (DRIVER) - Canterbury
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Job Description
- Req#: E0218-25-0024?language=en&page=561&sort=publicationDateDesc
Access to the "Blue Light Card" providing more than 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across categories such as holidays, cars, restaurants, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more.
Company pension scheme with employer contributions
Salary paid on hourly basis of £12.21 p/h
G4S Life Assurance Scheme
Charity work- Match-it and Payroll Giving
Employee Assistance Programme Scheme (Confidential Counselling Services, 24/7 support specialising in health and medical )
Access to G4S Perks at Work scheme entitling you to amazing discounts, offers and services across hundreds of market leading retailers in electronics, weekly groceries, outlets, restaurants, mobile phone contracts and fashion.
Refer a Friend Scheme
Progression, training and development opportunities.
Subsidised healthcare plan
Full UK Manual Driving Licence
Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Physically fit to ensure your safety and wellbeing of patients.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Sympathetic, respectful and caring attitude towards patients
Flexibility and adaptability in accordance with the needs of the service
Enhanced DBS check - Applied and Paid for by G4S
Driving patients with varying health and mobility needs to and from hospital/Clinic appointments
Assist, move and handle patients, who may be ambulatory or wheelchair bound, using appropriate equipment where necessary e.g. carrying patients up the stairs using a carry chair, moving immobile patients in and out of bed, on stretchers, wheelchairs into and out of the vehicle and homes
Ensure safety and patient welfare at all times and providing reassurance, comfort and support when needed
Assist patients when entering and leaving their homes
Maintain cleanliness of vehicles and equipment
Liaise with our central control team to ensure the timeline pick up and drop off of patients
Undertake patient and vehicle risk assessments, and completion of reports or documentation
Driving patients with varying health and mobility needs to and from hospital/Clinic appointments
Assist, move and handle patients, who may be ambulatory or wheelchair bound, using appropriate equipment where necessary e.g. carrying patients up the stairs using a carry chair, moving immobile patients in and out of bed, on stretchers, wheelchairs into and out of the vehicle and homes
Ensure safety and patient welfare at all times and providing reassurance, comfort and support when needed
Assist patients when entering and leaving their homes
Maintain cleanliness of vehicles and equipment
Liaise with our central control team to ensure the timeline pick up and drop off of patients
Undertake patient and vehicle risk assessments, and completion of reports or documentation
- Full UK Manual Driving Licence, No more than 6 points on a Driving Licence
- Some of the key responsibilities will involve:
- Driving patients with varying health and mobility needs to and from hospital/Clinic appointments
- Assist, move and handle patients, who may be ambulatory or wheelchair bound, using appropriate equipment where necessary e.g. carrying patients up the stairs using a carry chair, moving immobile patients in and out of bed, on stretchers, wheelchairs into and out of the vehicle and homes
- Ensure safety and patient welfare at all times and providing reassurance, comfort and support when needed
- Assist patients when entering and leaving their homes
- Maintain cleanliness of vehicles and equipment
- Liaise with our central control team to ensure the timeline pick up and drop off of patients
- Undertake patient and vehicle risk assessments, and completion of reports or documentation
- Full UK Manual Driving Licence, No more than 6 points on a Driving Licence
- Some of the key responsibilities will involve:
- Driving patients with varying health and mobility needs to and from hospital/Clinic appointments
- Assist, move and handle patients, who may be ambulatory or wheelchair bound, using appropriate equipment where necessary e.g. carrying patients up the stairs using a carry chair, moving immobile patients in and out of bed, on stretchers, wheelchairs into and out of the vehicle and homes
- Ensure safety and patient welfare at all times and providing reassurance, comfort and support when needed
- Assist patients when entering and leaving their homes
- Maintain cleanliness of vehicles and equipment
- Liaise with our central control team to ensure the timeline pick up and drop off of patients
- Undertake patient and vehicle risk assessments, and completion of reports or documentation
Job summary
Are you a caring and compassionate person looking to better use your skills to helppeople?Don't have experience? Dont worry, you have life skills and that's what were looking for!Then we have the perfect role for you!Our dedicated training team will guide you through our 2 week comprehensive training programme, helping you to develop the skills needed to begin and progress in your new rewarding career with us.
Ambulance Care Assistant (Driver) - Days
Location: Canterbury - CT3 3DW
Salary: £26,592.93per annum
FullTime Shifts42.5 hours per week(various shifts available)
Benefits
Main duties of the job
The Role
The Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) will play an important role in helping people receive the care they need.
Such responsibility requires empathy and compassion. These are skills youll build upon during our two-week initial training and development programme, alongside constant guidance from our expert support team. Well give you all the tools to build a meaningful career with us.
As an ACA with G4S Patient Transport Services, youll be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable patients to their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities, whilst showing compassion in times of vulnerability. Together well work together to ensure every journey we make supports our community, the NHS, and our patients.
This is an important role, providing excellent care and ensuring safety and patient welfare. A role where youll receive all the training you need to feel prepared in any situation that may arise.
About us
Essential Criteria
Why G4S?
G4S Patient Transport Services is one of the UKs largest Non-Emergency Patient Transport providers, carrying out over 50,000 journeys on behalf of the NHS every year. With 12 operational bases across the UK and a dedicated call centre, we employ over 720 members of staff to deliver safe, caring, high-quality patient transport.
At G4S, we understand that our people are our greatest asset and an essential part of our long-term business strategy. As such we are committed to the ongoing professional development and wellbeing of our staff, offering extensive training and progression opportunities and investing in the physical and mental health of our workforce.
Date posted
11 April 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£26,592.93 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
E0218-25-0024
Job locations
G4s Patient Transport
Cooting Road
Aylesham
Canterbury
Kent
CT3 3DW
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Some of the key responsibilities will involve:
Job responsibilities
Some of the key responsibilities will involve:
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
G4S
Address
G4s Patient Transport
Cooting Road
Aylesham
Canterbury
Kent
CT3 3DW
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
G4S
Address
G4s Patient Transport
Cooting Road
Aylesham
Canterbury
Kent
CT3 3DW
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.