Career opportunities

There are a range of different career paths you could experience within EEAST. Every role is important, and everyone plays a part in helping us achieve our vision – outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day.

Roles available

Emergency care assistant (ECA)

The ECA is the perfect gateway into the ambulance service, where you can make a real difference. You will work as part of an ambulance crew responding to emergency calls and providing compassionate care to patients.

See our current emergency care assistant vacancies

Pre-hospital nurse practitioner (PHNP)

As a qualified and registered nurse, join the ambulance service as our PHNP. With expertise in high-intensity settings like an emergency department, primary care, or critical care, you will assess, diagnose, and treat patients in urgent and out of hospital scenarios. You will also provide leadership and mentorship to operational staff.

See our current pre-hospital nurse practitioner vacancies

Emergency operations centres (EOCs)

Emergency call handler

Emergency call handlers provide excellent customer service and support to patients and callers at EOCs. You will use the clinical triage software system to prioritise calls, input data into the computer aided dispatch (CAD) system and provide pre-arrival instructions as needed.

Emergency dispatchers

The dispatcher’s role delivers excellent service to patients and ensuring the safety of operational resources in the communities we serve. Working in a fast-paced environment and collaborating within a team to ensure dispatching resources according to Trust procedures, managing incidents and ensuring the welfare and safety of all stakeholders.

See our current emergency operation centre vacancies

You can also send general enquiries to recruitment@eastamb.nhs.uk

Every role is important, as everyone plays a part in meeting our vision - to provide an innovative, response, excellent service which is always community focused and patient driven.

Volunteering opportunities

We are very lucky to be supported by our active and valued volunteers and we're always looking for more people to join them. We have a variety of different roles that you could get involved with, depending on what you're interested in doing.

Roles available

Community first responders

Our community first responders are volunteers who are trained by us to attend certain types of emergency calls in the area where they live or work. Their aim is to reach a potential life threatening emergency in the first vital minutes before the ambulance crew arrives.

Volunteer car drivers

Our volunteer car drivers are volunteers who live and work in the local community. They give up their time to assist our Patient Transport Service, by transporting patients to and from:

• hospital appointments
• treatment centres
• health facilities

They play an essential role providing patient care and for the patients they help, volunteer car drivers are the face of the service.

Community Engagement Group

Our Community Engagement Group (CEG) are an independent group of volunteers from around the region. They help us identify ways of improving services and support us with a range of activities. They are our critical friends.