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Job reference: 019925
Salary: Band 6 (£31,800 - £39,169)
Job closing date: 21/06/2020
Job Type: Ambulance Services
Location: Various locations within West Region
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date:
Employer (NHS Board): Scottish Ambulance Service
Department: A & E

Job Advert

The West Region Management Team is currently seeking applications for substantive Paramedic Clinical Team Leaders for the Lanarkshire Area to deliver a robust front line leadership model.

We are seeking applicants to take up positions for the below locations:-

  • East Kilbride
  • Hamilton
  • Law
  • Motherwell
  • Cumbernauld

  Individual post preferences will be discussed at interview.

The Clinical Team Leader is the first line manager and clinical lead to their team of front line staff, and as such will provide 24/7 effective communication and visible leadership, in order to support staff to deliver a quality service to patients through a culture of learning, governance and robust clinical leadership.

With responsibilities to:

  • Promote the vision, values and goals of NHS Scotland, SAS and the West Region and demonstrate a commitment to the organisational direction and culture.
  • Provide effective and visible leadership and management to a team of operational frontline staff
  • Ensuring all services provided within the team are patient-focused, of high quality and optimise human, financial and other resources effectively and efficiently.
  • Effectively monitor and manage resources in accordance with Service/Regional objectives to ensure that service provision is of the highest standard.
  • Responsible for the achievement of team performance targets, patient quality standards and the Service’s Key Performance Indicators within their area of responsibility.
  • Support the management of operational issues affecting A&E departments, Minor Injuries Units etc offering solutions wherever possible.
  • For a state of preparedness in the event of a major/large scale incident, undertaking the role of Ambulance Incident Commander (AIC) or other operational command role as appropriate in a major/significant incident situation in accordance with the Service’s Major Incident Plan.  This also requires maintaining competencies for this role through appropriate training and exercise programmes as determined by the Service. 
  • Respond to emergency, urgent and routine calls as an operational Paramedic in accordance with operational demand and resource deployment, ensuring ongoing continuous development, essential training and professional clinical registration is maintained.

Applications are invited from existing Paramedics who can demonstrate leadership qualities and have the ability to work on their own initiative under the Service’s Policies and Procedures.

All successfully shortlisted staff will be required to engage in a recruitment day including an interview.

The successful applicants will be paid Band 6 salary plus appropriate unsocial hours. 

Informal enquiries can be made to all Lanarkshire Area Service Mangers;

Ms Karen Harley, ASM Coatbridge, Cumbernauld and Shotts on 07901 521164

Mr Lindsay McLeod-Kerr Motherwell, Law, Douglas and Biggar Station 07970 725559

Mr William McLaughlin East Kilbride, Clydesmill and Hamilton station on 07920 271632


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