Patient Transport Service Crew – Ambulance Support At British Red Cross

Patient Transport Service Crew – Ambulance Support x12 positions required**

Location: Belfast area covering Northern Ireland

Contract: Casual

Hours: (as and when required) 24/7 service with shifts either 8 or 12 hour shifts. There is a particular requirement to work weekends.

Salary: per hour

We currently have 12 exciting opportunities, for experienced and caring individuals to join our team in the Belfast area on a casual basis, to support our patient transport service.

You will work as part of a team responsible for providing safe and effective patient transport for people within Northern Ireland area. The role involves driving, or assisting as part of a crew, patients with different requirements based on their mobility classification.

You will play an important role in conveying patients in a safe, comfortable, and sympathetic manner, observing road and driving conditions at all times. Our services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we apply the same standards to our service delivery across the whole of the UK. Our fleet and equipment are comparable with those deployed by NHS services.

We’re a close-knit team united by one goal – to save lives.

What you’ll bring to the role

Your warm, caring nature and positive approach will bring comfort to patients. You’ll be sensitive when working with vulnerable people and have no trouble going the extra mile to make them feel comfortable, safe and cared for.

Your previous experience, as well as understanding and awareness of the differing physical needs of our service users and a genuine interest in their well-being; and your desire to help people in your local community.

This role might be for you if you have the following:

• You’ve got a full, clean drivers licence (held for a minimum of two years)
• You’ll have standard grade (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• FREC qualification level 3 or 4 (desirable)
• You are passionate about bringing your past experience of patient care to the British Red Cross
• You are flexible – comfortable working shifts including unsocial hours, bank holidays, evenings and weekends as required
• Able to commute to a base in Belfast

What you’ll bring to the role

• A positive approach to difficult situations, willing to take on whatever challenges this role gives you
• A caring approach, to bring comfort and support to patients
• Understanding and awareness that people have different needs and are looking to you for help

The closing date for applications is (23:59) on Sunday the 24th of October 2021 with interviews later that week and week after. We have training booked for the 8th November so please keep that day free.

Please note that early application is encouraged, as we’ll be reviewing applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert in advance of the advertised closing date.

Please note, that following government advice on coronavirus we are not able to consider applicants who are clinically or clinically extremely vulnerable for this position.

A little bit more about us…

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – we’re there when you need us.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination.
Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.

As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.

If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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