Job overview

As part of the HART Management Team the HART Team Leader role is highly visible and accountable position within the Trust. The HART Team Leader role is instrumental in helping to support the Senior Managers ensure the smooth day to day running of HART within the Operations Directorate.

The HART Team Leader role will provide clinical leadership, managerial leadership and line management to an operational staff group ensuring high quality patient care is delivered, including within hazardous environments in line with the strategic objectives of the Trust. The HART Team Leader has an important role in support of the operational commander responsibilities including on scene incident management and post incident hot debrief.

The HART Team Leader has a key role in making sure that HART performance is in line with specified KPI’s. As part of this the HART Team Leader role ensures that staff abstractions are maintained within Trust agreed limits, operational resourcing line with the National HART Standard and central reporting systems are accurate.

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

Main duties of the job

Visible Leadership

• This is a highly visible role within HART providing leadership to operational staff to make sure that high quality, safe patient care is delivered at all times

Establishment and Resourcing

• The HART Team Leader will ensure positive links with the Fleet teams and NARU in order to maintain core operational resources. 

Planning and Performance

• As part of the HART Management Team the HART Team Leader is required to provide support in delivering all aspects of performance in line with National Standards for HART.

Financial

• The HART Team Leader will robustly review and authorise timesheets and expenses for staff up to £2500 per order, ensuring claims are correct; valid & appropriate

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response

• The HART Team Leader is a functional command role and will be responsible for ensuring the Operational Command duties are carried out for core service and major incidents in accordance with Trust plans and policies.

Health and Safety

• The HART Team Leader is accountable for the security for the HART base, taking immediate action which must be documented should breaches be identified. Must also have comprehensive understanding of the lock down procedure for the Trust.

Working for our organisation

At South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) we have a culture where everyone is valued for being themselves. Our aim is to work together to promote the most inclusive environment possible, which attracts people from the widest range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work that we do together, for the benefit of all of our employees, our patients and the communities we serve. We offer flexible working opportunities, inclusive policies and a range of feedback mechanisms to support individuals and to enable a positive, welcoming environment where our people and their careers can thrive in.

We employ over 6,000 employees mainly clinical, operational and emergency response staff as well as supporting roles. We also employ Doctors and volunteers which include community first responders and fire co-responders.

We take all the steps needed to provide the most compassionate patient care possible whilst also providing an enjoyable and safe place to work. We actively promote a positive set of behaviours as being key to our performance both individually and collectively. Our recruitment, selection and screening processes are designed to uphold these standards and we invite all our candidates to actively share with us through these processes how they will bring these behaviours to life.