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Ambulance Service job reviews
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Best thing
Caring for people
Worst thing
Staff assaults, late finish, no meal breaks
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
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 serviceTeam 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
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.
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.
Paramedic, December 2020
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Best thing
Actually making a difference
Worst thing
Lack of respect or appreciation from management and public.
Paramedic, December 2020
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Best thing
Caring
Saving lives
Making a differenceWorst thing
Hours
Over runs
AssaultsEmergency care assistant, December 2020
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Best thing
Helping people in need
Worst thing
Long hours
Demands of the job
Poor managementParamedic, December 2020
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Best thing
Working with no manager looking over your shoulder
Worst thing
Constant time constraints
Paramedic, December 2020
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Best thing
I help people
Worst thing
I don't get to help people that often.
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.
Team leader, December 2020
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Best thing
Job satisfaction
Worst thing
No support from manager
Emergency care assistant, December 2020
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Best thing
Saving lives and bringing in new
Worst thing
Late finishes, missed meal breaks
Technician, December 2020
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Best thing
Really exciting and interesting but at times can be stressful and challenging.
Worst thing
Long hours. Difficult management
Student paramedic, 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
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 care assistant, November 2020
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Best thing
Out and about
Helping people
CamaraderieWorst thing
Danger
Always late
Burnout
Awful payParamedic, 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
Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Flexi
Worst thing
Overruns and hospital delays
Ucs, November 2020
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Best thing
A job like no other
Worst thing
Condition.
Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Helping others
Like a familyWorst thing
Unsocial hours
Night shifts
111Emergency care assistant, November 2020
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Worst thing
Management and lack of welfare.
Emergency medical technician, 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.
Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Regular pay,
Sick pay,Worst thing
Stress levels
Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
The job itself
Worst thing
No professional
Care Assistant, November 2020
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Best thing
Helping people
Worst thing
Managements clandestine plans that are detrimental to patients and staff
Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
The difference you make to other people
Worst thing
Time targets and pressure from management
Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Satisfaction when my input has lead to a good outcome.
Worst thing
Overworked. Constant late finishes and late or missed breaks
Paramedic, November 2020
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Best thing
Long time off
Worst thing
Shifts , stress
Dispatcher, October 2020
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Best thing
Team , and helping others
Worst thing
Long shifts , no breach’s , and it breaks you mentally and physically , with no support from mangers
Specialist paramedic, October 2020
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Best thing
Being able to care for the patients
Worst thing
Management
Emergency care assistant, October 2020
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Best thing
Holiday and sick pay
Worst thing
Low staff poor planning
Team leader, October 2020
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Best thing
Patient outcomes
Worst thing
Dealing with management
Unable to have family timeSpecialist paramedic, October 2020
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Best thing
I’m my own boss and I meet lots of interesting people
Worst thing
Queuing at the hospitals for hrs at a time
Employee, October 2020
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Best thing
I enjoy caring for patients
Worst thing
Lack of understanding from management
Assistant make ready manager, October 2020
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Best thing
making a difference
Worst thing
not making a difference
Paramedic, October 2020
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Best thing
Being out and about, meeting new people. Job satisfaction.
Worst thing
Low pay for the skilled Professional job me and my colleagues do.
Emergency medical technician, October 2020
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Best thing
Helping people
Worst thing
Unrealistic targets and time constraints
Paramedic, September 2020
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Best thing
Knowing most shifts in advance
Worst thing
People die. Working Christmas
Dispatcher, September 2020
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Best thing
Saving lives
Worst thing
Poor quality vehicles
Advanced emergency medical technician, August 2020
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Best thing
help people
Worst thing
the shift work
Eca, July 2020
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Best thing
Days off in between shifts
Worst thing
Longer hours, late breaks, late for Finishing times
Emergency medical technician, July 2020
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Best thing
Rota pattern, crew mate and helping patients
Worst thing
Abusive patients, select managers
Emergency care assistant, July 2020
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Best thing
Meeting different people and helping them
Worst thing
Time constraint and inappropriate calls
Paramedic, July 2020
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Best thing
Helping people
Worst thing
Stressful
Dealing with rude & aggressive peopleEmergency medical dispatch, July 2020
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Best thing
Colleagues, helpingbpeople
Worst thing
Hours, shift work
Paramedic, December 2019
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Best thing
Helping patients, good vibes
Worst thing
Stressful
Health advisor, December 2019