Working for us

We are one of the world’s busiest ambulance services. We have more than 8,000 staff and volunteers in our Service: around 3,300 frontline crews in ambulance stations across London, 500 people in our two 999 control rooms and hundreds of support staff based in our offices across the city. We also have two 111 control centres, in Barking and Croydon.

Working for us is an experience like no other, in a city like no other. Whatever your role you’ll be helping people who need us the most.

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As well as roles directly related to caring for patients, we employ people in a range of corporate departments.

Together, we all play a key part in making sure that we can respond to anyone needing our help 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

If you have any queries about working for us please call or email our recruitment department.

Direct line: 020 3267 9797
Email us: find email addresses for each recruitment department on our contact us webpage.

Answers to some commonly-asked questions

We’ve created FAQ documents for four of our most popular roles: Assistant Ambulance Practitioner, Emergency Call Handler, 111 Health Advisor and Newly-qualified Paramedic.

You can find these at the links below. This may answer a question you have – please take a look before you contact our recruitment team.

Does London Ambulance Service charge any fees for job applications?

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust does not charge any fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All vacancies are advertised through the NHS Jobs website or Trac Jobs website. These are the only official channels for recruitment communications, applications, and verification of job offers.

Any agency involvement will be verified by London Ambulance Service NHS Trust.