South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
HART Paramedic Pool
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The Hazardous Area Response Team (HART)
The Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) is a specialist capability within the ambulance service required to provide paramedic level care to patients caught within hazardous situations and subsequently increasing their chances of survival. These situations may be large scale major incidents or they may include more routine incidents for example working at height, difficult access or in water. In addition to the extensive additional training in specialist capabilities and working within safe systems of work, HART Paramedics become proficient in the use of a wide range of specialist protective clothing and incident management equipment.
As a HART Paramedic You Will
- Respond to complex and possibly protracted incidents.
- Deliver paramedic interventions through key HART capability areas:
- Hazardous Materials incidents.
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear emergencies (CBRN)
- Marauding Terrorist Attacks
- Safe Working at Height
- Confined Space
- Unstable Terrain
- Water Operations
- Support to Security Operations
Location
SCAS HART is based in Eastleigh, near Southampton, Hampshire
Recruitment Pool Notice
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO VACANCIES WITHIN HART, THIS IS FOR A RECRUITMENT POOL ONLY
Eligibility
This Pool vacancy is for candidates who currently have the Right to Work in the UK (do not require a visa) as we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.
Application Process
We are looking for experienced paramedics to be placed into the recruitment pool for the Hazardous Area Response Team
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The Process Once Applied Is
- Application shortlisting
- HART Physical Competency assessment Testing
- SCAS HART swim test
- Safe working at height confidence test, confined space assessment confidence test and a clinical OSCE.
- Successful completion of respiratory mask fit testing
- HART Interview (held on separate days to the physical selection testing day)
- Successful completion of further internal Trust requirements including occupational health screening
Dates
- The HART selection days will be on the 2nd and 7th October
- OSCE will be on 13th and 14th October
- Interviews will be on 19th and 20th October
- Please note there are no alternative dates for assessment or interview
Assessments
On the selection days candidates will complete the following assessments:
- PCA
- Safe working at height
- Confined Space
- Swimming
Candidates should attend in uniform and wear appropriate boots. Please also bring running shoes and appropriate clothing as well as swimming costumes and goggles for the swim assessment.
You will only attend an interview if you are successful at all elements of the assessment. You will be notified of the assessment results on the day.
Benefits We Offer
- Full training and a range of courses which you can book locally.
- Holiday entitlement of 27 days, rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service, plus an additional 8 days bank holiday (pro rata for part time).
- Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Access to continual professional development within SCAS and the wider NHS.
- Occupational Health support and direct access to our Employee Assistance Programme as well as our own Health and Wellbeing Team.
- NHS Discounts in over 200 + stores saving money on holidays, days out, car insurance, restaurants, clothing and much more.
- Ability to join our staff networking groups (as a member, ally or just for interest).
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Corporate Induction
It’s really important for us to ensure you have the best onboarding experience which allows you to feel a sense of belonging from the start. To help with this, we will book your Corporate Induction as soon as we possibly can (depending on availability).
All new starters need to attend our *Corporate Induction in person, this is held over one and a half days from our educational centres based in: Newbury (Berkshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire) or Whiteley (Hampshire). More specific details will be sent to you once your start date has been confirmed.
Please note – depending on your role additional training may be required following on from your corporate induction.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: David Findlay
- Job title: HART Manager
- Email address: david.findlay@scas.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07803 760 617
For further information or an informal discussion, please contact David Findlay, SCAS HART Manager: 07803 760617, or david.findlay@scas.nhs.uk
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