Advanced Retrieval Practitioner (Training post or Qualified)

Job Description

Overview

ScotSTAR – Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (West)

Advanced Retrieval Practitioner (Training Post or Qualified)

Applications are invited for the role of Advanced Retrieval Practitioner (Training post or qualified) at the ScotSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) North team, operated by the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS).

The EMRS provides a critical care patient transfer service for remote and rural Scotland and pre-hospital critical care for seriously injured patients at incident scenes. EMRS also supports the SAS in the provision of the medical response to major incidents.

The service undertakes primary and secondary retrievals on rotary and fixed wing aircraft operated by the SAS, by Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter and by fast response vehicle.

The post is based at the ScotSTAR retrieval base at Aberdeen Airport and is 37 hours per week plus on-call (Moving to 36 hours next year).

Responsibilities

• Advanced Retrieval Practitioners (ARP) work as part of a consultant-led team and form an integral part of the clinical team delivering advanced resuscitation, stabilisation and transfer of critically ill patients.
• In addition to clinical work, ARPs work within the Ambulance Control Centre (ACC) on the Critical Care Desk. This desk has a crucial role in identifying incidents of major trauma and other incidents which would benefit from an enhanced clinical response.
• Each ARP also has non-clinical responsibilities to support and improve service delivery.

Qualifications and essential criteria

• To meet the essential criteria for the post, applicants MUST be able to demonstrate extensive experience post adult nurse/paramedic registration with experience in emergency/intensive care services. Applicants that do not meet the essential criteria will not be shortlisted.
• Applicants MUST be able to demonstrate experience in teaching and in improving the delivery of clinical care.
• The post also requires the successful candidate to be able to travel to Glasgow Airport base ideally within 30 minutes (although on-call accommodation is available if required).
• Applicants MUST hold a C1 driving license and be able to complete HUET (helicopter underwater escape training) and blue light driver training.

Training pathway

• The successful candidate will complete relevant post-graduate studies and upon successful completion will move to the role of Advanced Retrieval Practitioner.
• Training Posts: Full training pathway consists of a minimum of 6 months gaining experience and exposure prior to commencing the academic component of the training post. The academic component will take the form of a Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice.
• AFC Training Salary – Annex 21 Paragraph 2 (iii) of AfC terms will apply. For example, Trainee Advanced Retrieval Practitioners receive 70% of the top of Band 7 for the first 12 months, increasing to 75% for the remainder of the training period. Post reverts to standard Band 7 on completion of training.

Equality, diversity and right to work

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visas and Immigration Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

Please note that Scottish Ambulance Service is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.

Informal enquiries can be made via Gregor McIntosh, Advanced Retrieval Practitioner Team Leader, EMRS North