Ambulance Care Assistant 1 - Powys University Health Board Area

Ambulance Care Assistant 1 - Powys University Health Board Area Band 3

Main area Ambulance Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Two days a week between Monday to Saturday. Hours vary between 0600 to 1900) Job
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Site Knighton Town Powys Area Salary £26,813 - £27,890 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications have been received. If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Therefore, please ensure you check your email account regularly

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English

Please check your email account regularly
. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

This is an exciting opportunity to become a member of the Welsh Ambulance Service Non-Emergency Patient Transport team delivering non-emergency patient transport at locations in the Powys health board area.

Knighton

Number of Bank positions across the Powys area.

You may be required to operate out of other stations as required.

We are looking for candidates that can deliver a high standard of professionalism and compassion when providing a transport service to meet the needs of patients and other service users. Although no formal qualifications are specified for this role, we would expect candidates to be able to demonstrate a reasonable standard of education and personal responsibility and have evidence of delivering excellent customer care.

This can be a demanding job.

Those candidates that are successful after short listing, will be required to attend an interview, a practical driving assessment and a theory test based on the highway code. The interviews will be carried out in Carmarthen on 8 October 2026, the Driving assessment in Swansea, date to be confirmed.

Course Start Date in Swansea: 25 January 2027 for 6 weeks.

You will need to be available for all the above dates.

The post holder will be required to drive an equipped NEPTS ambulance or other vehicle as necessary, and carry out non-urgent and non-critical, planned patient journeys usually working with a colleague but sometimes working alone when dealing with patients who can walk unaided or with minimum assistance.

The post holder deals with a variety of patients and conditions, most of whom will require different levels of assistance, lifting or carrying to transfer to and from the Trust vehicle.

The post holder transports patients safely between their place of residence and designated treatment centres and clinics, provides where necessary appropriate care and assistance which is within the post holder’s level of training and competence, and adheres to the Trust Code of Conduct and Standards of Professional behaviour, Service Instructions and the Trust’s Standing Procedures and Policies.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we’re needed.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves…