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nhs.ukAmbulance Service job reviews
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Best thing
No two days are the same I get to meet wonderful people and help them If I have to. Gaining more experience and knowledge about people disabilities or sickness in order to know how to talk with them.
Worst thing
Management
Staff backstabbing
GossipingAmbulance Service Ambulance care assistant, December 2022
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Best thing
Pay, training
Worst thing
Some managers aren’t understanding
Ambulance Service Emergency care assistant, July 2022
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Best thing
Job satisfaction
Worst thing
Work related stress
Ambulance Service Employee, June 2022
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Best thing
Patient contact
Worst thing
Pay and stress
Ambulance Service Ambulance care assistant, May 2022
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Best thing
Helping people
BenefitsWorst thing
Stressful
Poor time management by control
Poor time management by management and flow centre
Poor communication
Poor management attitude across NHS partners
Lack of support for progression
Lack of training and advancement
Poor movement ability for those without a C1
Inability to change roles without maths or English GCSE even if you have higher qualifications
Poor peer attitudesAmbulance Service Employee, April 2022
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Best thing
Easy Shifts
Worst thing
Sat around alot
Ambulance Service ECA, September 2021
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Best thing
Good money
Worst thing
Long hours
Travelling milesAmbulance Service Technician, July 2021
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Best thing
The colleagues I work with and the patients
Worst thing
No pay rise and hardly seeing my manager.
Ambulance Service Employee, July 2021
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Best thing
The people I work with.
The unsocial pay.
The unpredictable nature of the job is excitingWorst thing
The stress and lack of resources
The verbal abuse from the public
The lack of understanding from management of how hard the job isAmbulance Service Employee, July 2021
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Best thing
I work for small private ambulance company, stress free decent pay and I'm a person not a number on a seat
Worst thing
I have to be flexible to point of fluid but the door swings both ways
Ambulance Service Shift supervisor, June 2021
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Best thing
Get to look after patients.
Worst thing
1. No welfare of crews.
2. poor state of vehicles sometimes un roadworthy but still taken out as told no spare vehicles so no shift pay if refuse.
3. poor stock quality of consumables,
4. No management communication
5. Forced to work longer hours and only get 30 minutes breaks. Often finish late and 50+ miles away from base station.Ambulance Service Employee, June 2021
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Best thing
Helping people. Being part of a fantastic team.
Ambulance Service Call handler, April 2021
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Best thing
Helping people
Worst thing
Stressful, not enough resources
Ambulance Service Duty manager, April 2021
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Best thing
The job is a good job. And a secure job
Worst thing
Pay is continuing to be erroded. Will soon be a minimum wage job. Compared to being in excess of twice minimum wage 10 years ago.
Management treat us like children and treat all staff equally badly with equal levels of contempt.Ambulance Service EMT, April 2021
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Best thing
Variety
Worst thing
Risk to self and colleagues
Ambulance Service Paramedic, March 2021
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Best thing
Helping people
Worst thing
Hassle abuse long hours
Ambulance Service Paramedic, March 2021
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Best thing
The pay
Worst thing
Lack of resources
Ambulance Service Allocator, March 2021
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Best thing
It's difficult but super rewarding
Worst thing
The subject of calls
Ambulance Service Call handler, March 2021
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Best thing
Helping people who need medical treatment
Worst thing
Not much spare time between shifts and low pay
Ambulance Service Employee, March 2021
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Best thing
Getting paid
Worst thing
Solitary with no social aspect outside of work
Ambulance Service Call handler, March 2021
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Best thing
The patients
Worst thing
Bad corruption in management
Ambulance Service Ambulance care assistant, March 2021
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Best thing
The sense of achievement and knowing what you do makes a difference
Worst thing
Can be stressful and you deal with some distressing incidents
Ambulance Service Call handler, February 2021
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Best thing
Variety, feel like I’m making a difference
Worst thing
Relentless, late breaks and finishes, hard to get annual leave when you want it
Ambulance Service Paramedic, February 2021
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Best thing
The colleagues & daily duties
Worst thing
The travel time in calls
Ambulance Service ACA, February 2021
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Best thing
Variety and the people I work with.
Ambulance Service Call handler, February 2021
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Best thing
Sick pay,
Worst thing
Working long shifts affecting work life balance and health.. Refusal of work to get static hrs
Ambulance Service Employee, January 2021
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Best thing
Helping others
Worst thing
Tragic outcomes of jobs I’ve attended
Ambulance Service EMT 3, January 2021
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Best thing
Caring for people
Worst thing
Staff assaults, late finish, no meal breaks
Ambulance Service Ambulance care attendant, January 2021
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Best thing
Patient care, helping folk in their time of needs me laking a difference in people’s lives
Worst thing
Paperwork and other parts of the care network not doing their part for the patients they serve
Ambulance Service EMT, January 2021
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Best thing
I get to help people
Worst thing
The wrong people are in high power joba
Abused and misused serviceAmbulance Service Team leader, January 2021
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Best thing
rewarding feeling when its a good day and your patients are happy
Worst thing
lack of respect, the expectation that you will work in any manor even against the policies that have been set
Ambulance Service Patient transport, January 2021
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Best thing
Colleagues, variety.
Worst thing
Lack of personal management collaboration. Lack of understanding. No personal meetings regarding role.
Ambulance Service Emergency care practitioner, December 2020
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Best thing
Regular pay
Worst thing
Management, bullying, shifts, hours, lack of support, lack of training and advancement, missed meal breaks and poor pay.
Ambulance Service Paramedic, December 2020
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Best thing
Actually making a difference
Worst thing
Lack of respect or appreciation from management and public.
Ambulance Service Paramedic, December 2020
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Best thing
Caring
Saving lives
Making a differenceWorst thing
Hours
Over runs
AssaultsAmbulance Service Emergency care assistant, December 2020
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Best thing
Helping people in need
Worst thing
Long hours
Demands of the job
Poor managementAmbulance Service Paramedic, December 2020
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Best thing
Working with no manager looking over your shoulder
Worst thing
Constant time constraints
Ambulance Service Paramedic, December 2020
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Best thing
I help people
Worst thing
I don't get to help people that often.
Ambulance Service Associate practitioner, December 2020
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Best thing
The job it self is great you meet different people everyday and staff are a good bunch
Worst thing
The higher management haven’t got a clue and are trying to micro manage us to death.
Ambulance Service Team leader, December 2020
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Best thing
Job satisfaction
Worst thing
No support from manager
Ambulance Service Emergency care assistant, December 2020
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Best thing
Saving lives and bringing in new
Worst thing
Late finishes, missed meal breaks
Ambulance Service Technician, December 2020
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Best thing
Helping people in their hour of need
Worst thing
Ever changing policy that makes working conditions more difficult
Ambulance Service Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Wages, sick pay
Worst thing
Never finishing on time, made to feel guilty for leaving on time after a 12 hour shift
Ambulance Service Ambulance care assistant, November 2020
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Best thing
Out and about
Helping people
CamaraderieWorst thing
Danger
Always late
Burnout
Awful payAmbulance Service Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
The 1% of proper emergencies
Worst thing
Long hours attending driving to people under emergency conditions, who don't need any emergrncy intervention - most of the job
Ambulance Service Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Flexi
Worst thing
Overruns and hospital delays
Ambulance Service Ucs, November 2020
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Best thing
A job like no other
Worst thing
Condition.
Ambulance Service Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Helping others
Like a familyWorst thing
Unsocial hours
Night shifts
111Ambulance Service Emergency care assistant, November 2020
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Best thing
The variety. The reward of doing your job well
Worst thing
Pressure of the workload. Long delays at hospital. Inappropriate calls that increase both of the above. A sense, sometimes, that nobody really appreciates what you are doing/achieving.
Ambulance Service Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Regular pay,
Sick pay,Worst thing
Stress levels
Ambulance Service Paramedic, November 2020