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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
£29,306
£50,288
£74,593

New workers start around £29,306. Normal pay is £50,288 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £74,593.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 29,886 vacancies for this type of job

6.96%

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

  • Ambulances

  • Triage

  • Emergency Medicine

  • Patient Treatment

  • Clinical Assessments

  • Clinical Practices

  • Auditing

  • Urgent Care

  • Emergency Response

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

  • Decision Making

  • Confidentiality

  • Mentorship

  • Investigation

  • First Aid

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Research

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.

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