Ambulance Service

The colleagues I work with and the patients

No pay rise and hardly seeing my manager.

The people I work with.
The unsocial pay.
The unpredictable nature of the job is exciting

The stress and lack of resources
The verbal abuse from the public
The lack of understanding from management of how hard the job is

There are no good points it's just a job.

The management

I work for small private ambulance company, stress free decent pay and I'm a person not a number on a seat

I have to be flexible to point of fluid but the door swings both ways

Get to look after patients.

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.

8 day rest break

Poor support from management, bullying and harassment

The job itself is great

Management, bullying and harassment, lack of action against managers yet the front line staff are threatened with registration

Helping people. Being part of a fantastic team.

Helping people

Stressful, not enough resources

Feeling like you’ve made a difference

Organisation and its culture

The job is a good job. And a secure job

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.

Variety

Risk to self and colleagues

Helping people

Hassle abuse long hours

The pay

Lack of resources

It's difficult but super rewarding

The subject of calls

Helping people who need medical treatment

Not much spare time between shifts and low pay

Getting paid

Solitary with no social aspect outside of work

The patients

Bad corruption in management

The sense of achievement and knowing what you do makes a difference

Can be stressful and you deal with some distressing incidents

Variety, feel like I’m making a difference

Relentless, late breaks and finishes, hard to get annual leave when you want it

The colleagues & daily duties

The travel time in calls

The travel to and from work

Variety and the people I work with.

Sick pay,

Working long shifts affecting work life balance and health.. Refusal of work to get static hrs

Stress/anxiety
Managers and supervisors working different ways
Zero respect

Helping others

Tragic outcomes of jobs I’ve attended

Caring for people

Staff assaults, late finish, no meal breaks

Patient care, helping folk in their time of needs me laking a difference in people’s lives

Paperwork and other parts of the care network not doing their part for the patients they serve

I get to help people

The wrong people are in high power joba
Abused and misused service

rewarding feeling when its a good day and your patients are happy

lack of respect, the expectation that you will work in any manor even against the policies that have been set

Colleagues, variety.

Lack of personal management collaboration. Lack of understanding. No personal meetings regarding role.

Regular pay

Management, bullying, shifts, hours, lack of support, lack of training and advancement, missed meal breaks and poor pay.

Actually making a difference

Lack of respect or appreciation from management and public.

Caring
Saving lives
Making a difference

Hours
Over runs
Assaults

Helping people in need

Long hours
Demands of the job
Poor management

Working with no manager looking over your shoulder

Constant time constraints

I help people

I don't get to help people that often.

The job it self is great you meet different people everyday and staff are a good bunch

The higher management haven’t got a clue and are trying to micro manage us to death.

Job satisfaction

No support from manager

Saving lives and bringing in new

Late finishes, missed meal breaks

Helping people in their hour of need

Ever changing policy that makes working conditions more difficult

Wages, sick pay

Never finishing on time, made to feel guilty for leaving on time after a 12 hour shift

Out and about
Helping people
Camaraderie

Danger
Always late
Burnout
Awful pay

The 1% of proper emergencies

Long hours attending driving to people under emergency conditions, who don't need any emergrncy intervention - most of the job

Flexi

Overruns and hospital delays

A job like no other

Condition.

Helping others
Like a family

Unsocial hours
Night shifts
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Management and lack of welfare.