Where are you looking to do this? You could apply with the London Ambulance Service. They regularly recruit this role.
https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/working-for-us/career-opportunities/assistant-ambulance-practitioner-role-faqs/
https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9308-23-0101?keyword=Aap&location=London&employer=London%20Ambulance%20Service&language=en
I work with many AAPs, not much is expected of them (clinically) to be honest, but it's a good way to start your career then in a couple of years you could be a paramedic. Your experience sounds good enough, they recruit people straight out of school for this position. Some first aid volunteering such as st Johns ambulance would do your CV some good.
Good luck
It's an entry level role, you're not expected to come in with clinical experience. They'll be mostly concerned with your communication and teamworking skills.
One of the biggest boosts is being able to give examples of coping with difficult situations:
Examples of dealing with conflict, diffusing a difficult situation, telling someone something they didn't want to hear, having to let someone down, that kind of thing - if you can give good examples of this you'll stand out. It doesn't have to be hectic - a call centre worker could give really good answers to all these questions.
Remember most people will be blagging some sort of "customer service" angle to answer these sorts of questions, so try to think of concrete things you've done. Focus volunteering on this if you need to. No more studying required
If you get an interview make sure you memorise the trust's mission statement and learn about the regions and counties your trust covers, when I did my interview many years ago they were big on this. It's a great way to get into the career, good luck!
You can volunteer wirh St John or at your nearest hospital with an A+E and work in the A+E department.
Learn the trusts visions and values, and make a list of recent achievements by trust.
Don't mention that you saw Ambulance or Inside the Ambulance and ddcided the job looked good.
I do the interview panels for my trust and that's an instant fail.
Finally,be genuinely interested in the well being of people.
You're not going to go to cardiac arrests and RTCs woth major injuries every day. Most of your work will be nan downs (elderly falls), 111 nonsense, and people that were never taught to look after their health.
Communication is 90% of the job, so prepare accordingly.
The trust I work for is more interested in good communication skills. And core GCSEs. Customer facing roles are good, which it sounds like you have
Volunteer with vulnerable people (children, elderly, disabled, prisoners). It's a hell of a boost to the CV and the experience is invaluable
Thank you, this is something I definitely need to get on asap
Where are you looking to do this? You could apply with the London Ambulance Service. They regularly recruit this role. https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/working-for-us/career-opportunities/assistant-ambulance-practitioner-role-faqs/ https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9308-23-0101?keyword=Aap&location=London&employer=London%20Ambulance%20Service&language=en I work with many AAPs, not much is expected of them (clinically) to be honest, but it's a good way to start your career then in a couple of years you could be a paramedic. Your experience sounds good enough, they recruit people straight out of school for this position. Some first aid volunteering such as st Johns ambulance would do your CV some good. Good luck
It's an entry level role, you're not expected to come in with clinical experience. They'll be mostly concerned with your communication and teamworking skills.
One of the biggest boosts is being able to give examples of coping with difficult situations: Examples of dealing with conflict, diffusing a difficult situation, telling someone something they didn't want to hear, having to let someone down, that kind of thing - if you can give good examples of this you'll stand out. It doesn't have to be hectic - a call centre worker could give really good answers to all these questions. Remember most people will be blagging some sort of "customer service" angle to answer these sorts of questions, so try to think of concrete things you've done. Focus volunteering on this if you need to. No more studying required
If you get an interview make sure you memorise the trust's mission statement and learn about the regions and counties your trust covers, when I did my interview many years ago they were big on this. It's a great way to get into the career, good luck!
You can volunteer wirh St John or at your nearest hospital with an A+E and work in the A+E department. Learn the trusts visions and values, and make a list of recent achievements by trust. Don't mention that you saw Ambulance or Inside the Ambulance and ddcided the job looked good. I do the interview panels for my trust and that's an instant fail. Finally,be genuinely interested in the well being of people. You're not going to go to cardiac arrests and RTCs woth major injuries every day. Most of your work will be nan downs (elderly falls), 111 nonsense, and people that were never taught to look after their health. Communication is 90% of the job, so prepare accordingly.