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Emergency Responder
| Posting date: | 16 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Location: | BS3 1AP |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | St John Ambulance |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 274970JCP |
Summary
Role: Emergency Responder (12-month FTC)
Hourly rate: £12.60
Locations: Bristol
Hours: 16 hours per week (2 days). You will primarily be required to work weekdays with one weekend day every third week. This is a 12-month fixed term with a possibility of extension. There will be an opportunity to cover more hours where required.
Our offer to you
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:
Competitive salary and pension scheme
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping
About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,416 employees and over 31,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response & Nighttime Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.
Job Summary
Do you have the physical, mental and emotional capability to support people in what could be the most challenging moments of their lives?
Are you qualified to deliver basic life-saving skills and work with a team to keep people safe at Events and in other challenging environments?
As an Emergency Responder, you will be there in the moments that matter. You may be offering reassurance and minor treatment, or contributing to a team that saves a life. From foreseeable to unexpected emergencies, you will exercise the capability to relieve sickness, distress and suffering and send patients onwards to the safety of their homes or further treatment. You will make the difference between panic and relief, between pain and comfort, between lives lost and lives saved. St John Ambulance are recruiting several part-time first aid responders for a contract in Bristol. This is primarily to support employees for a large local employer, but there will also be some event work as well. If you are passionate about providing timely and compassionate care and ready to tackle any challenges head-on we would love to hear from you!
About You
Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C/4) including Maths & English
Qualified to Level 3 (minimum) in FREC or FROS
Previous experience of delivering high quality first aid medical cover at events and/or other settings
Enthusiasm for the work of St John Ambulance and ability to exemplify the HEART values
Ability to communicate effectively verbally with a wide range of people
Physically able to move around an event site, kneel by a collapsed patient and deliver chest compressions for at least 2 minutes and assist with the moving & handling of patients
A full UK driving licence (maximum 6 points) held for a minimum of 2 years
About the Role
Assessing and treating patients
Safe discharging of patients
Assisting with the moving and handling of patients, including those who are not able to move themselves
Working both independently and as part of a team
Treating patients within your scope of practice
In the absence of a more clinically qualified person (e.g. Ambulance Crew or Healthcare Professional), taking charge of a first aid scene and leading in the delivery of patient care
Providing robust handovers to colleagues and emergency services
Understanding clinical prevention and the appropriate need for escalation and reporting
Representing St John Ambulance positively and in line with our HEART values.
Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.
St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role