Job summary
This vacancy is for candidates for Norfolk West (Kings Lynn Hub) ONLY.
Please note: Candidates who have applied and completed the recruitment process within the past 6 months are not eligible to apply at this time.
We are welcoming applications fromstudents to continue their Paramedic career with the East of England Ambulance Service Trust. This means applicants must have have graduated, or are due to graduate by January 2026. If you have completed university placements with EEAST, please include this in your application.
Candidates must live within one hour's travel of the Kings Lynn Ambulance Station or be willing to relocate to be eligible to apply.
Transfer Restrictions:Successful applicants will not be eligible to join the internal transfer list for a period of 24 months while completing their consolidation period.
Main duties of the job
At EEAST we expect our paramedic workforce to continue to deliver CQC rated 'outstanding' care to our patients and work harmoniously alongside our dedicated team of clinical staff, volunteers, call handlers and dispatchers and support services. Paramedics will routinely work with other Allied Health Professionals in partnership organisations in both hospitals and community based services to ensure safe referrals and discharge.
A shift on an ambulance is like no other workplace. You will operate in a wide range of environments, across both urban and rural areas managing everything from birth to end of life, chronic conditions to critical illness or injury.
The two-year NQP consolidation provides you with a structured, nationally developed program of support, mentorship and supervision allowing you to transition from newly qualified in to a confident and fully autonomous clinician.
Support includes:
- No solo responding in first 6 months
- 150-300 hours supervised practice in first 12 weeks after registration with an experienced paramedic.
- Practice Educator course completion at 9 months onwards, via Trust approved practice education program.
- A 24/7 Clinical Advice Line to validate your clinical decision-making, discharging planning and practice, advice on procedures or escalate critical, complex on scene decisions.
- Personally issued tablet to access electronic patient care records, up to date clinical guidelines, incident management and alternative care pathway applications.
About us
Our vision - Outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day. #WeAreEEAST
EEAST employs over 5,000 staff with a further 1,000+ volunteers who between them cover 7,500 square miles and care for a population of more than 6 million.
Our three control rooms in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Essex handle more than 1 million 999 calls every year, over 2,500 calls a day.
We manage a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles including double staffed ambulances, rapid response cars, operational commander response vehicles, patient transport and support service vehicles.
The East of England works alongside 17 Acute Trusts with Accident & Emergency services and a Major Trauma Centre in Cambridge. Access is available to neighbouring MTCs such as those in London.
Our core values:
- We are accountable
- We are respectful
- We strive to be excellent
Our 4 goals are:
Be an exceptional place to work, volunteer and learn
Provide outstanding quality of care and performance
Be excellent collaborators and innovators as system partners
Be an environmentally and financially sustainable organisation
Job description
Job responsibilities
Benefits include:
- Career progression opportunities in to advanced clinical practice, leadership, education or research
- Access to 24/7 clinical advice, Critical Care desk and an Operational Commander
- Additional 5% fringe (high cost area) in certain areas of Hertfordshire and Essex
- C1 reimbursement of up to £1,000 (subject to terms and conditions)
- Level 3 Emergency Response Driving certificate
- Pay enhancement for out of hours shift working
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Free parking
- Minimum of 27 days annual leave
- Occupational Health services including a 24hr Employee Assistance Program, mental health and wellbeing, legal and financial services
- Staff support networks BAME, LGBTQ+, Multi Faith and All Women in EEAST.
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification.
Good luck with your application and thank you for considering EEAST as your future employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Benefits include:
- Career progression opportunities in to advanced clinical practice, leadership, education or research
- Access to 24/7 clinical advice, Critical Care desk and an Operational Commander
- Additional 5% fringe (high cost area) in certain areas of Hertfordshire and Essex
- C1 reimbursement of up to £1,000 (subject to terms and conditions)
- Level 3 Emergency Response Driving certificate
- Pay enhancement for out of hours shift working
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Free parking
- Minimum of 27 days annual leave
- Occupational Health services including a 24hr Employee Assistance Program, mental health and wellbeing, legal and financial services
- Staff support networks BAME, LGBTQ+, Multi Faith and All Women in EEAST.
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification.
Good luck with your application and thank you for considering EEAST as your future employer.
Person Specification
Registration & Qualifications
Essential
- Current student on a HCPC approved Paramedic programme
- On placement with East of England Ambulance Service
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (College of Paramedics membership, PHTLS, Resuscitation Council ALS etc)
Desirable
- HCPC Registered Paramedic (Check register)
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Documents the skills and knowledge required for the role (for example care, communication, teamwork)
Driving
Essential
- Full UK manual Driving Licence ( a maximum of 3 points for minor offences may be considered)
Desirable
- Emergency Response Driving Qualification
- C1 Licence (1 for provisional)
Person Specification
Registration & Qualifications
Essential
- Current student on a HCPC approved Paramedic programme
- On placement with East of England Ambulance Service
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (College of Paramedics membership, PHTLS, Resuscitation Council ALS etc)
Desirable
- HCPC Registered Paramedic (Check register)
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Documents the skills and knowledge required for the role (for example care, communication, teamwork)
Driving
Essential
- Full UK manual Driving Licence ( a maximum of 3 points for minor offences may be considered)
Desirable
- Emergency Response Driving Qualification
- C1 Licence (1 for provisional)
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
