About the role
LightMed is recruiting qualified Emergency Medical Technicians to join our bank of event and production medical staff.
This is a varied role providing medical support at events, film and television productions, sporting fixtures, community events, corporate functions, venues and other temporary workplaces across the North West and wider UK.
Assignments are offered as they become available, with no obligation to accept every deployment and no guarantee of regular hours. The role is suited to experienced technicians who can assess and manage patients independently within their scope, lead smaller medical teams and work alongside nurses, paramedics and doctors at more complex deployments.
The role
As an Emergency Medical Technician, you may work independently at an appropriate deployment, act as the clinical lead for a small event medical team or support registered healthcare professionals at a larger or higher-risk events.
Depending on the deployment, your responsibilities may include:
Completing primary surveys and structured patient assessments.
Taking a full clinical history and completing cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal assessments.
Recording and interpreting clinical observations.
Undertaking cardiac monitoring and acquiring and interpreting 12-lead ECGs.
Recognising deterioration and making appropriate treatment, monitoring and escalation decisions.
Providing airway management, oxygen therapy, ventilation and suction.
Using automated or manual defibrillation during resuscitation.
Responding to cardiac arrests and other time-critical medical emergencies.
Assessing and managing traumatic injuries, including major haemorrhage, suspected spinal injury, fractures, burns and chest trauma.
Providing wound assessment, cleansing, dressings and wound closure strips within scope.
Administering authorised medicines.
Monitoring patients awaiting further care and arranging appropriate escalation to NHS or specialist services.
Providing structured clinical handovers to ambulance crews and other healthcare professionals.
Leading first responders and first aiders where appointed as the senior clinician.
Managing a medical treatment area and maintaining oversight of patients, equipment and documentation.
Liaising with event control, production teams, health and safety staff and other emergency services.
Completing accurate and confidential patient records and incident documentation.
Maintaining medical equipment, medicines, treatment areas and infection prevention standards.
Following medical plans, production risk assessments, communications procedures and operational briefings.
Remaining visible, approachable and proactive throughout the deployment.
Essential requirements
Applicants must have:
A current Level 5 Diploma in First Response Emergency and Urgent Care, or another technician qualification accepted by LightMed, such as IHCD Ambulance Technician or Associate Ambulance Practitioner.
Evidence of current clinical competence and continuing professional development.
Current immediate life support training.
The right to work in the UK.
An Enhanced DBS certificate with the relevant barred-list checks, registered with the DBS Update Service.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
The ability to complete clear, accurate and defensible clinical records.
A sound understanding of clinical escalation, consent, capacity, safeguarding and patient confidentiality.
A professional, calm and respectful approach to patients, colleagues and clients.
The ability to work within LightMed’s clinical governance, medicines protocols and scope-of-practice boundaries.
Reliable transport and the ability to travel to deployment locations.
Desirable requirements
The following would be beneficial:
Previous event medical, ambulance, urgent care or film and television experience.
Experience leading first responders or managing an event medical treatment area.
Additional training in major incidents, trauma care, water rescue, or work at height.
Experience using radios and working within an event-control or command structure.
An emergency response driving qualification.
A portfolio demonstrating recent clinical practice and continuing professional development