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Paramedics

Paramedics provide first aid and life support treatment in emergency situations and transport sick and injured people who require skilled treatment.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£26,562
£46,470
£68,571

New workers start around £26,562. Normal pay is £46,470 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £68,571.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 28,922 vacancies for this type of job

6.94%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Briefs other medical staff when handing over the patient, and completes patient report forms describing the patient’s condition and any treatment provided.

  • Transports and accompanies patients who either require or potentially require skilled treatment whilst travelling.

  • Resuscitates and/or stabilises patient using relevant techniques, equipment and drugs.

  • Assesses the nature of injuries, provides first aid treatment and ascertains appropriate method of conveying patient.

  • Drives ambulance or accompanies driver to respond to calls for assistance at accidents, emergencies and other incidents.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Primary Care

  • Triage

  • Emergency Medicine

  • Patient Treatment

  • Clinical Assessments

  • Clinical Practices

  • Ambulances

  • Auditing

  • Chronic Diseases

  • Surgery

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Mentorship

  • Decision Making

  • Planning

  • Investigation

  • Research

  • First Aid

  • Compassion

  • Customer Service

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Paramedic Science

University of Cumbria

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Paramedic Science

University of Lincoln

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Paramedic Science

Bournemouth University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Poole · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/128

Paramedic Science

Oxford Brookes University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Oxford · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Paramedic Science

University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/144

Paramedic Science

Swansea University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Swansea · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Paramedic Science

Nottingham Trent University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/128

Paramedic Science

Glasgow Caledonian University

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Glasgow · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 102/112

Paramedic Science

University College Birmingham

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Paramedic Science

Anglia Ruskin University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Chelmsford · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Paramedic Science

University of Portsmouth

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/128

Paramedic Science

Bristol, University of the West of England

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bristol · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 128/128

Paramedic Science

University of Gloucestershire

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Gloucester · 01/2026

Tariff points: 112/112

Paramedic Science

University of Hertfordshire

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hatfield · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Paramedic Science

University of Northampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Paramedic Science

Coventry University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Paramedic Practice

Teesside University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Middlesbrough · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/128

Paramedic Science

University of Brighton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Paramedic Science

Birmingham Newman University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Paramedic Science

University of the West of Scotland

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Hamilton · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: 114/114

Paramedic Science

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sheffield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 128/128

Paramedic Science

University of Hull

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hull · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Paramedic Science BSc

St George's, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 01/09/2025

Tariff points: 81/128

Paramedic Science

University of Surrey

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Guildford · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Paramedic Science

University of Bradford

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Bradford · 09/2025

Tariff points: 128/128

Paramedic Science

De Montfort University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 128/128

Paramedic Science

University of Worcester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Worcester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Paramedic Science

University of Huddersfield

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Huddersfield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 128/128

Paramedic Science

Birmingham City University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Paramedic Science

Canterbury Christ Church University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Chatham · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Paramedic Science

Buckinghamshire New University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/136

Paramedic Science

University of Bedfordshire

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bedford · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Paramedic Science

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/128

Paramedic Science

University of Stirling

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Stirling · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Paramedic Science

University of Central Lancashire

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Preston · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Paramedic Science

University of East Anglia UEA

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Norwich · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Paramedic Science

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Edinburgh · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Paramedic Science

University of Suffolk

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ipswich · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

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