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OPP OF THE DAY: Operational Healthcare Professional Volunteer, St. John Ambulance

We need healthcare professionals to provide clinical care, undertaking clinical assessments and attending to patients in pre-hospital situations.

Our professional clinicians mainly work in mobile treatment centres, ambulances or temporary event medical centres. They attend events, such as music festivals and sports matches. There are also opportunities to deploy your skills, or develop new ones, in specialist areas like the Medical Response Team and the Cycle Response Unit.

St John Ambulance’s HCP skillsets are suitable if you are a:

Doctor (GMC registered)
Nurse (NMC registered)
Paramedic (HCPC registered)
Physiotherapist (HCPC registered)
Physician Associate (PAMVR registered)
Nursing Associate (NMC registered)
Podiatrist (HCPC registered)

Where:
Multiple venues across Dudley Council area, including Brierley Hill, Dudley, Halesowen, Sedgley, and Stourbridge.

When:
Flexible.

Commitment/duration:
There is not a minimum number of volunteering shifts associated with this role.

Skills:
Healthcare professional with a full, current registration with one of the professions listed above
Ability to communicate effectively verbally with a wide range of people
Strong listening, compassion and empathy skills
Enthusiasm for the work of St John Ambulance and ability to model our values
Ability to work as part of a team
Physically fit for a role which requires moving around an event, and treating people
(including the ability to kneel by a collapsed patient and deliver effective chest compressions for at least four minutes without stopping)
Comfortable with Microsoft Office applications (optional)
Ability to volunteer flexibly and across geographically dispersed locations (optional).

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO APPLY please contact:

Jo Cope
jo.cope@sja.org.uk

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