Emergency Medical Technician - Ambulatory Care QE2

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Emergency Medical Technician - Ambulatory Care QE2 who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,121per annum pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will accurately record baseline observations such as respiratory rate, oxygen saturations, blood pressure, heart rate, conscious level and temperature.

They will also be able to demonstrate effective basic life support skills incorporating the Automated External Defibrillator.

The role will include carrying out Blood Glucose Monitoring and having the basic awareness and knowledge in knowing when to escalate any concerns.

The successful candidate will have a basic understanding of the ECG machine and knows the correct position of all 12 leads and how to record an ECG.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

New QEII Hospital

Howlands

Welwyn Garden City

AL7 4HQ

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

New QEII Hospital

Howlands

Welwyn Garden City

AL7 4HQ

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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