Consultant Paramedic In Emergency Care

Haringey GP Federation; Bristol; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Consultant Paramedic in Emergency Care to provide senior clinical leadership. This pivotal role involves driving clinical quality and standards, mentoring paramedics, and influencing health service strategy across the South West region. Ideal candidates will have significant leadership experience in ambulance settings and engage in continuous professional development. Opportunities for career progression and excellent benefits are offered.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus public holidays

Pay enhancements for out of hours work

Career and salary progression

Free parking across Trust sites

Cycle-to-work schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in leading cross functional teams in clinical settings.
• Experience working in education and research environments.
• Significant experience at senior management level.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based care in complex emergency situations.
• Shape trust-wide strategy for emergency care.
• Lead professional development for paramedic education.

Skills

Strong understanding of national healthcare policy

Leading clinical practice in ambulance settings

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Education

HCPC Paramedic

Educated to doctorate level

Job description

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Paramedic In Emergency Care

Closing date 30 December 2025

We are seeking an exceptional Consultant Paramedic in Emergency Care to join our senior clinical leadership team. This is a new and pivotal role, aligned to the NHS England framework for multi-professional consultant practice, designed to provide senior clinical leadership for emergency care including to drive the reduction in unwarranted variation between our counties, further improve clinical quality, lead clinical professional standards and work with system partners to increase availability and capacity of community services.

As a Consultant Paramedic, you will provide knowledge skills and experience in expert clinical practice, strategic leadership, and system-wide influence to ensure our emergency care services deliver the highest standards of patient outcomes and safety. The post holder will work closely with a Consultant Paramedic in the South of the Trust and be required to travel across the South West.

Main duties of the job

The role spans the four pillars of consultant practice:

Clinical Practice

• Deliver evidence-based care in complex emergency and urgent care situations.
• Act as a clinical role model, supporting paramedics and wider teams in delivering safe, effective care.

Leadership

• Shape and influence trust-wide strategy for emergency care.
• Provide senior clinical leadership across multidisciplinary teams and system partners.
• Champion innovation, transformation, and workforce development.

Education

• Lead on professional development, mentoring, and provide support and guidance to the education team.
• Collaborate with universities and training providers to strengthen and future proof paramedic education pathways.
• Drive applied research and service evaluation to improve patient outcomes.
• Translate evidence into practice, ensuring our services remain at the forefront of emergency care.

About us

Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.

At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.

In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.

You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.

• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

For an informal conversation with Neil Lentern - Director of Paramedic Practice, or Adrian South - Deputy Director of Clinical Care, please contact Chloe Stokes-Dodd - [e-mail]

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• HCPC Paramedic
• Educated to doctorate level, or working towards

Previous Experience

• Significant experience in leading clinical practice in the ambulance settings
• Strong understanding of national healthcare policy and paramedic professional standards
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Significant experience at senior management level in delivery or development of clinical services
• Demonstrable evidence of leading change and service improvement
• Significant experience of strategy development, budgetary and financial control and business planning
• Experience of leading cross functional teams
• Experience working outside of the ambulance service
• Experience working in an education environment
• Experience working in a research environment
• Experience working in a non-ambulance leadership setting

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.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North of the Trust (BNSSG/Gloucester/Somerset]

£76,965 to £88,682 a year(Indicative pending job evaluation)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

202-7665607

Job locations

North of the Trust (BNSSG/Gloucester/Somerset]