Job overview

Advanced Paramedic Practitioner 

The trust is please to announce the continued growth of the Advanced Paramedic workforce.

We are recruiting to the APP Generalist pathway which will focus on Primary & Urgent Care clinical training placement, expanding knowledge in a range of clinical areas such as Paediatrics, Respiratory, chronic condition management and frailty.

The expectation for APPs who hold the MSc in its entirety will be rotational working through a range of clinical settings including operational shifts, APPNav work in the remote setting and/ or primary & urgent care models (regional variation across the Health board areas).

The pace of Advanced Paramedic Practice in Wales is developing significant momentum, and so applications are sought from paramedics with a minimum of 2 years post registration with a Level 6 Educational Qualification.

Main duties of the job

• To provide advanced clinical interventions and drug therapies.
• To act as an independent practitioner using advanced skills to assess, diagnose, treat, develop and implement plans of care.
• To work towards providing expert advanced practice and associated leadership of unscheduled care provision that crosses professional and organisational boundaries in emergency, urgent and unscheduled care patients.
• To act as an expert advisor for patients, carers and all levels of operational clinicians.
• To take a key role in the development of unscheduled care, to enhance patient care services drawing on multiple research and development methodologies.
• Responds to emergency and urgent calls including driving under blue light conditions. 

Both the APP and TAPP positions are a permanent post, and the TAPP positions will develop into a full APP role following the successful completion of their training contract. If any member of staff does not successfully complete the full MSc, they will be provided the opportunity to relocate to a vacant or relief band 6 paramedic role.

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

Working for our organisation

#RemarkablePeople

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 across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities  and disability groups.

Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you’re sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.

In line with the Trust’s Starting Salary Procedure, all applicants will start at the bottom of the band for the position applied for, but can apply for a higher salary if they have previous experience relevant to the position.

The Trust actively seeks to recruit and appoint people currently under represented in the workforce. This includes women, people with disabilities, LGBT, and those from minority ethnic groups. All staff are encouraged and supported to learn Welsh. Please be sure to provide full contact details for all referees, including email addresses where possible. Failure to do so may result in significant delays in your application.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK.  If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.