South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust

About Us

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the provision of ambulance services across an area of 10,000 square miles which is 20% of mainland England.

The Trust serves a total population of over 5.5 million and is estimated to receive an influx of over 23 million visitors each year. Our operational area is predominantly rural but also includes large urban centres including Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter, Bath, Swindon, Gloucester, Bournemouth and Poole.

Our core operations focus is the delivery of emergency ambulance 999 services (A&E). We have 92 ambulance stations, two Emergency Operations Centres, and two Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART). The Trust also provides the clinical teams for four air ambulance charities across the South West.

We employ nearly 6,000 mainly clinical and operational staff (including Paramedics, Emergency Care Assistants and nurse practitioners) plus support services and volunteers.

What it’s like to work for us?

At South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust we have a culture where everyone is valued for being themselves. Our aim is to work together to promote the most inclusive environment possible, which attracts people from the widest range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work that we do together, for the benefit of all of our employees, our patients and the communities we serve. We offer flexible working opportunities, inclusive policies and a range of feedback mechanisms to support individuals and to enable a positive, welcoming environment where our people and their careers can thrive in.

We take all the steps needed to provide the most compassionate patient care possible whilst also providing an enjoyable and safe place to work. We actively promote a positive set of behaviours as being key to our performance both individually and collectively. Our recruitment, selection and screening processes are designed to uphold these standards and we invite all our candidates to actively share with us through these processes how they will bring these behaviours to life.

The type of jobs we recruit for?

We are recruiting for a variety of operational and support services roles.

If you're looking to make the most of your life skills in a challenging but extremely rewarding environment and are willing to work shifts then Emergency Care Assistant could be the ideal opportunity for you.

We are also recruiting for 999 Call Handlers (Emergency Medical Dispatcher), Ambulance Dispatchers and ROC Lead schedulers in our Emergency Operation centres based in Bristol and Exeter.

We have some great opportunities available in Fleet as Vehicle Preparation Operatives and Vehicle Technicians.

Lastly we are also recruiting for a variety of Support Services roles such as Managers and Administrators.

For more information of all of our available vacancies please visit our website.

Benefits

Flexible schedule
Work from home
On-site parking
Wellness programmes
Company pension
Store discounts