The Community Training Volunteer plays a key role in South Western Ambulance’s aim to improve community resilience by increasing knowledge of CPR and how to use a public access defibrillator in case of an emergency. 

We would welcome applicants throughout Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, but we are particularly interested in applicants from the following areas: Penzance, Falmouth, Penryn University, Camborne, Redruth, St Austell, Newquay.

In the UK, only 1 in every 10 people experiencing an out of hospital cardiac arrest survive to discharge from hospital.  Our aim, at the South Western Ambulance Service, is to give more people and communities the skills and confidence to perform those lifesaving interventions in the first critical minutes before an ambulance arrives. 

Community Training Volunteers are supported by their local county Community Engagement and Training Officer (CETO) at South Western Ambulance Service.   

As a Community Training Volunteer you deliver our hour and a half long CPR and defibrillator awareness session.  The sessions consist of a presentation and practical exercises.  Through the session you will also: 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

•  To volunteer reliably to the best of my ability and to give as much warning as possible whenever you cannot complete a session as arranged. 

•  Carry out volunteering tasks as guided by the local Community Engagement and Training Officer. 

•  Select and apply in each task the appropriate procedures in accordance with the training received and relevant policies and procedures.
• To communicate with everyone in a clear and effective manner to ensure the best possible experience for everyone involved in the initiative. 

•  To always maintain the confidential information of the organisation and of its patients and in accordance with the Trust’s information governance guidance and policy. 

•  To treat everyone with whom you come into contact, with dignity and respect. 

•  Promote Equality & Diversity and a non-discriminatory culture. Identify and take action when other people’s behaviour undermines the expectation of the Trust and of yours. 

•  To join this volunteering role on the understanding there is no remuneration by the Trust for pay. 

•  Maintain appropriate standards of cleanliness of the SWAST Volunteer uniform, operating environment, and all equipment.  

Successful applicants will be invited for interview 19^th October at Redruth and 20^th October at Roche

Please note that the course will be held at either Roche or Penryn. This will be confirmed following interviews.