This vacancy is for Harlow, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage and Watford.
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 from students to continue their Paramedic career with the East of England Ambulance Service Trust. Applicants must be able to start by March 2027. If you have completed university placements with EEAST, please include this in your application.
Priority consideration will be given to applicants who hold a full C1 driving licence.
Candidates must live within one hour's travel of their preferred base 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.
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.
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
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.
How to apply
Step 1: Review the job advert along with the attached Job Description and Person Specification (attached).
Step 2: Complete the online application form, including the Supporting Statement. Your statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the criteria outlined in the Person Specification as referenced in the advert.
Step 3: Submit your completed application form.
Please note, CVs are not accepted.
Good luck with your application and thank you for considering EEAST as your future employer.
