Emergency Responder

Sja's West; Bristol; On-site; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team of emergency responders at an established charity focused on saving lives. This role offers a chance to provide essential first aid in various challenging environments, ensuring safety and comfort for individuals in distress. With a supportive culture and opportunities for growth, you'll be part of a mission-driven organization that values compassion and teamwork. If you're passionate about making a difference in your community and possess the necessary skills, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

33 days holiday increasing to 38 days

Cycle to work scheme

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Health and Wellbeing portal

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level including Maths & English.
• Qualified to Level 3 in FREC or FROS.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and treating patients at events.
• Leading first aid scenes in absence of qualified personnel.

Skills

First Aid Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Physical Fitness

Education

GCSE Level or Equivalent

Level 3 in FREC or FROS

Job description

Find your next role with St John Ambulance.

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
• 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.

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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 nottolerate any form ofdiscriminationandengendera 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

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.