Qualified Critical Care Paramedic

SECamb

Job summary

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity for Qualified Critical Care Paramedics to join our Critical Care team at SECAmb.

Operating 24/7 on a single response vehicle as part of a regional Critical Care team, the CCP practices with an extended scope and formulary providing an enhanced clinical service supporting the care to the most acutely ill and injured patients. The CCP provides clinical leadership in an operational environment and supports the supervision of clinical staff. The CCP also works on the Critical Care Desk within the Emergency Operations Centre supporting the dispatch of enhanced care resources and provision of remote clinical advice.

Applicants must be paramedics registered with the HCPC. Applicants will be required to hold a minimum of a PgCert in a relevant clinical subject, with a willingness to work towards an MSc if not already held. Applicants will require evidence of specialty training and education, and operational experience as a Critical Care Paramedic within the UK pre-hospital environment (NHS or on behalf of the NHS in service of 999 patients).

This is a competitive process and applicants must demonstrate that they meet all of the essential criteria in the person specification (listed below).

Main duties of the job

The primary role of a Critical Care Paramedic (CCP) is to provide an enhanced clinical service supporting the care to the most acutely ill and injured patients, alongside other professional roles and agencies, in order to promote improved outcomes and patient experience.

To practice with an extended scope of clinical practice and formulary, assess and manage high acuity undifferentiated patients in the pre-hospital environment.

To lead and support clinical decision making both in an operational environment and where necessary remotely.

To provide clinical leadership in an operational environment and support supervision and mentoring of clinical staff.

To support clinical education and training activity as a subject matter expert.

To work on the Critical Care Desk within the Emergency Operations Centre supporting the dispatch of enhanced care resources and provision of remote clinical advice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registered Paramedic with no current sanctions.
  • Post Graduate Certificate in relevant subject and willing to work towards an MSc
  • Post graduate specialist training in pre-hospital Critical Care
  • IHCD/FutureQuals Emergency Driving
  • Current driving licence (manual) with C1
  • Mentorship/Education Qualification

Desirable

  • Member of the College of Paramedics
  • Life support course (newborn, paediatric, adult)
  • Diploma in Immediate Medical Care (RCSEd)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Expert clinical knowledge in the field of pre-hospital critical care
  • Strong understanding of medicines management and associated legislation relevant to paramedic practice
  • Understanding of human factors / CRM in pre-hospital care
  • Knowledge of pre-hospital critical care provision in the UK
  • Familiarity with current research in pre-hospital and critical care medicine

Experience

Essential

  • Current demonstrable experience of working in pre-hospital care critical care role within or on behalf of an NHS ambulance environment
  • Experience of working in a solo autonomous CCP role
  • Experience of supervising and mentoring staff in a clinical environment

Desirable

  • Experience of undertaking research or audit activity
  • Experience of working in a clinical leadership role

Skills

Essential

  • Good numeracy and literacy skills
  • Well developed communication skills
  • Identifies challenges and works with others to identify solutions
  • Demonstrates leadership in practice
  • Ability to work under pressure in a resource limited environment

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
  • Demonstrates humility
  • Emotional Resilience
  • Professional in their conduct
  • Highly motivated and flexible in their approach
  • Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 21 July 2026

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