Job vacancy: Ambulance Support Team Leader (Nights), East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Derbyshire

Job summary

Main area: Vehicle Cleans
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Night Shift - uplift applicable)
Job ref: 335-A-1925

Employer: East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alfreton
Town: Derbyshire
Salary: £24,937 - £26,598 BAND 3 PLUS UPLIFT FOR NIGHTS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/01/2026 23:59

Ambulance Support Team Leader (Nights)

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main responsibilities:
1. Supervises the attendance, performance and conduct of the team members in accordance with Trust policies. To carry out informal/formal discussions where necessary, referring to the Assistant Head of Fleet as appropriate.
2. Carries out Vehicle Deep Cleaning preparation duties alongside the team members on a rotating shift basis relative to locality and operational demand.
3. Responsible for carrying out assessments/audits in line with IPC compliance, and
annual appraisals for staff within the Ambulance Support Team.
4. Monitors the deliveries of services, ensuring appropriate standards are maintained at all times, to a set infection control standard. Ensures that Trust vehicles and equipment are maintained in a safe and appropriate condition, reporting any defects or damage in accordance with the prescribed procedure/ carry out minor vehicle maintenance.
5. Liaise directly with the Supplies Department regarding stock ordering and stock control. Also with fleet, control, crews and the Resource Manager regarding vehicle availability and Equipment Repairers regarding equipment repairs as and when required.
6. Monitors compliance with the Trust’s policies on the equipping and fuelling of vehicles, use of supplies etc. Compiles records on these as necessary and reports problems to the Line Manager.

7. Assists in the development and maintenance of good health and safety practice at work, advising staff on policy and reporting any deficiencies to the appropriate manager. Including risk assessments when appropriate
8. Provide support to major incident procedures as required for example equipment or supplies taken to the scene.
9. Assists in the monitoring and supervision of staff attendance in accordance with the Trust’s Procedure for Managing Sickness Absence.
10.To ensure that work is organised for the team members, including prioritising workload in line with organisational/divisional targets and priorities.
11.Manage workload, ensure a timely and quality service, deliver high standards of administration ensuring that work is planned and prioritised in accordance with organisational targets and key performance indicators.
12.Manage requests for annual leave and maintain annual leave records.
13.Assists in the investigation and collation of information regarding complaints concerning the Ambulance Support Team.
14.Assists in the selection of new staff and is responsible for their training, induction and development advising them on policies and practices within the service as necessary.
15.Maintains appropriate record systems to support the effective management of staff and resources. Ensures the security of patient and staff confidential information in line with data protection legislation.
16.Make recommendations for improvements in working practices where appropriate
17.Demonstrate commitment to continuously improve own skills and competencies to ensure a high standard of supervision of the team
18.Any other reasonable duties within the scope of this post, which may be requested by the Assistant Fleet General Manager.

The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of the Trust, which may be amended from time to time.

Person specification

Experience of Cleaning

Essential criteria

Experience of cleaning
Experience of leading a Team

Desirable criteria

C1 driving licence
Experience of working to infection prevension control standards

The East Midlands has a lot to offer:

Excellent Location

Making a Difference

Action Packed Roles

Support and Belonging

Accessibility

If you have any accessibility requirements at any point during the recruitment process, then please contact the recruiting manager.

If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.

Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns. Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you. If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.

Our Vision - Responding to patient needs in the right way, developing our organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, and collaborating to improve wider healthcare.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.

Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (All spent and unspent convictions must declared).

If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £55.38.