Job summary
Employer heading
Service Manager EMS Coordination
Band 8b
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
Gwahoddir ymgeiswyr i wneud cais yn Gymraeg, ni fydd unrhyw gais a gyflwynir drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na cheisiadau a wneir yn y Saesneg’
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Service Manager, EMS Coordination
Reporting to the Head of Service, EMS Coordination you will lead the local team to provide timely and safe services to those calling 999 in Wales. This area of work is fast paced with a high degree of technology focus to realise and exploit all the benefits to be had. Using your previous operational emergency service, contact centre or health care experience, you will translate organisational strategy to local delivery plans. This function requires your commitment to working an on-call roster providing specialist advice to organisational commanders.
Main duties of the job
The Service Manager for EMS Coordination will ensure the efficient and effective management of the North EMS Coordination Centre, Llanfairfechan supporting the delivery of high quality services.
You will have responsibility for the delivery of local operational services ensuring that objectives and performance targets are met by monitoring and maintaining standards including the setting and achievement of quality targets, key performance indicators, clinical performance indicators and identified savings plans within your area of responsibility.
You will have responsibility for direct line management to the EMS Coordination teams including providing visible leadership.
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 BME communities and disability groups.
Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services 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.
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
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Following a period of organisational change the Operations Directorate is now configured to both build on our foundations of success and to meet the Trust’s long-term ambitions. Now is an exciting time to join and help create a stable and effective leadership and management team for this service area.
We are looking to recruit a Service Manager, EMS Coordination for our EMS Coordination Centre in Llanfairfechan, Conwy.
If you can help us to continue to evolve to meet the emergency and unscheduled health needs of the public in Wales, have the experience, knowledge, and skills for this exciting position and want to be part of something special as we develop #TeamWAST, we would love to hear from you.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- Leadership and/or management qualification level 4 or equivalent
- Evidence of professional development/leadership development
Desirable criteria
- Registered Nurse or Paramedic
- Ability to speak welsh
Experience
Essential criteria
- Senior Management experience in an operational emergency service delivery environment.
- Contact centre/control room management experience.
Desirable criteria
- Senior Management experience in an ambulance /healthcare environment
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gillian Pleming
- Job title
- Head of Service EMS Coordination
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07912 998892
- Additional information
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