Our Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) support and work alongside Paramedics, other EMTs and our Assistant Ambulance Practitioners (AAPs). The EMT role is available as part of our frontline ambulance apprenticeship career pathway once you have completed and qualified as an AAP.
Emergency Medical Technicians
Information on Emergency Medical Technicians at London Ambulance Service.
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You will complete a 15-month level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner Apprenticeship Upskills programme. This includes an initial 10-week training period followed by one year on–the–job training supported by course tutors.
The training will include:
- Introduction to the human body and medical terminology
- Anatomy and physiology of the major body systems
- Health and illness and the care of a range of conditions
- Patient assessment and examination
- Resuscitation and the use of defibrillators
- Wound care
- Ambulance equipment
- Manual handling and moving
- Infection prevention and control
- Major and serious incidents
- Scene management
As part of this Level 4 programme, you will complete written assessments, most of which require you to provide evidence demonstrating how you meet the learner outcomes and assessment criteria set by FutureQuals.
The programme takes one year to complete. You can view the learner outcomes and assessment criteria on the FutureQuals website.
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This is a Band 5 role and salaries are in line with Agenda for Change pay scales which can be found on the NHS Employers website.
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On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply to become a paramedic through the degree apprenticeship route.
As you will already have completed the level 4 apprenticeship and gained relevant frontline experience you will be able to bypass the first year of the degree programme.
The route to becoming an EMT is through our ambulance apprenticeship career pathway – this starts with the AAP role.
