HART Paramedic Pool (SCAS)
- Contract: Permanent (HART Pool only)
- Grade: NHS AfC Band 6
- Location: Eastleigh
- Job ref: 195-24-HART-ARH
- Closing date: 2 October 2024
Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) are a specialist capability within the ambulance service required to provide paramedic level care to patients caught within hazardous situations and subsequently increasing their chances of survival. These situations may be large scale major incidents or they may include more routine incidents for example working at height, difficult access or in water. In addition to the extensive additional training in specialist capabilities and working within safe systems of work, HART Paramedics become proficient in the use of a wide range of specialist protective clothing and incident management equipment.
As a HART Paramedic you will respond to complex and possibly protracted incidents. You will deliver paramedic interventions through key HART capability areas:
- Hazardous Materials incidents
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear emergencies (CBRN)
- Marauding Terrorist Attacks
- Safe Working at Height
- Confined Space
- Unstable Terrain
- Water Operations
- Support to Security Operations
SCAS HART is based in Eastleigh, near Southampton, Hampshire.
For further details of the role and to apply, click here.
For additional information or informal visits, contact SCAS HART Manager david.findlay@scas.nhs.uk
Closing date: 2 October 2024