Job summary
- Main area
- Charity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (3 days/week)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Working days dependent on fulfilment of job duties (ie. meetings with community leaders))
- Job ref
- 308-CORP-2998-A
- Employer
- London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £31,944 - £34,937 per annum pro rata, follows NHS Agenda for Change
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Charity Defibrillation Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
London Ambulance Service covers an area of 620 sq. miles, serves one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital and attend more than 1.2 million incidents every single year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.
We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer across London to respond to the health needs of over eight million people who live, work and travel in the capital. We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and NHS England for our specialist services. We work alongside London’s hospital, mental health and specialist trusts, as well as the five STPs across Greater London.
In addition we work in partnership with the other emergency services, London’s Air Ambulance and London’s Resilience Forums to make sure we are ready and prepared to respond to major incidents and ensure we keep Londoners safe. As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.
Job overview
This is a unique and exciting new role at London Ambulance Service which will be crucial for our work in reducing health inequalities and increasing community resilience throughout the capital as part of the London Ambulance Charity's London Heart Starters Campaign.
This role requires someone energetic, outgoing, and passionate about working with local communities and improving health outcomes, specifically improving survival rates of out of hospital cardiac arrests.
The Charity Defibrillation Coordinator will work closely with councillors, community groups in collaboration with the Charity and LAS First Responder Team to coordinate the promotion, registration, audit and maintenance of Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) in priority neighbourhoods across London.
Main duties of the job
To coordinate the promotion, registration, audit and maintenance of Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) across London as part of the London Heart Starters Campaign.
To facilitate community training sessions and provide advice and guidance to communities wishing to purchase and install a PAD.
To maintain accurate records of all PADs and ensure the correct logging of PADs on the Circuit.
To coordinate the checking of activated PADs and monitor their status in CAD
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:
- Our care – delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
- Our organisation – being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
- Our London – using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.
To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role will be responsible for coordinating the promotion of the PAD scheme across London including the development of promotional materials to support this.
The successful candidate will provide advice and guidance to communities, charities, businesses and schools wishing to install a PAD and provide ongoing support following installation.
They will be responsible for responding to PAD and other enquiries in a timely manner. They will develop relationships with charities and fundraisers with an interest in the area of PADs, especially the London Ambulance Service Charity. They will assist in bringing together interested parties to develop PAD projects, and develop relationships with suppliers and manufacturers of relevant equipment.
They will liaise with colleagues within the First Responder Team and throughout the Trust to support the PAD programme.
To measure our success, they will analyse data on current PAD provision to establish areas of need and focus efforts in the appropriate communities.
(see attached for full Job Description and Person Specification)
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Grade C (or equivalent) in English and Maths
- Must hold a full, current UK Driving Licence with no more than 3 penalty points
- Defibrillator trained
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with the general public
- Experience of public speaking/delivering training
- Experience of working with community organisations and/or in the charitable sector
- Experience of administration, record keeping, IT systems
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal skills
- Effective communicator (both verbal and written)
- Proficient user of IT applications including Outlook, Excel, Word, power point, Publisher
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Burgess
- Job title
- Head of Charity
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385347446
- Additional information
If queries regarding PAD initiative, please contact Samantha Wilcox at [email protected].
If queries regarding London Ambulance Charity or London Heart Starters Campaign, please contact Jess Burgess at [email protected].
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