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Job overview

We are delighted to offer a 12 month secondment for an Operations Officer based at Salisbury Ambulance station.  

The Operations Officer role is a highly visible and accountable position within the Trust. The Operations Officer role is instrumental in helping to support the senior managers ensure the smooth day to day running of the Operations Directorate.

The Operations Officer role will provide clinical and managerial leadership and line management to an operational staff group ensuring high quality patient care is delivered in line with the strategic objectives of the Trust.

The Operations Officer role has important operational commander responsibilities including on scene incident management and post incident hot debrief.

The Operations Officer has a key role in making sure that the County delivers performance in line with expectations. As part of this the Operations Officer role ensures that staff abstractions are reduced to an absolute minimum, that operational resourcing in line with the plan is prioritised and that central reporting systems are accurate.

As an operational Paramedic, the Operations Officer is responsible for the care, treatment and movement of patients in accordance with the Paramedic job description.

Main duties of the job

Provide effective Leadership 

Support peers and Senior Managers across the trust

Responsible for the development of all their staff and as part of this will be expected to take a personal approach to the development and succession planning of Lead Paramedics, identifying opportunities for clinical and managerial development

Support the Counties Operations Managers in the successful implementation and positive promotion of Trust wide work streams such as People Plans or the NHS Staff survey, ensuring consistency is achieved across the organisation

Engage with Trust initiatives to develop staff such as Performance and Wellbeing conversations and identifying and developing future talent. 

Working for our organisation

Working for us is an experience like no other.  We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.  

At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples’ lives, then we would love to hear from you.

In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.

You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.

Benefits

• Competitive NHS salary
• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK