TRU Paramedic

The Tactical Response Unit forms part of the response element of the Department for Resilience and Specialist Assets, which ensures that the London Ambulance Service prepares, trains and exercises for potential incidents and events.

Emerging threats over the past few years have led to the creation of the Tactical Response Unit who, alongside delivering high quality patient care on a day to day basis, receive additional training and equipment to be able to work as part of a multi-agency team to respond to specific firearms and other incidents, should the need arise.

The Tactical Response Unit also supports some of the wider Resilience functions at events and incidents., Key elements of the role of a Paramedic within the Tactical Response Unit are:o Undertaking the full range of core operational duties on response cars and ambulanceso Working as part of a multi-agency team to deliver specific response capabilities in challenging environmentso Undertaking Joint Response Unit shifts as part of the partnership working with the Metropolitan Police Service, responding directly to Police generated callso Working as part of a Medical Response Team, responding in crowded places and at events and incidentso Supporting the wider Resilience & Specialist Assets Department through roles such as: Command Support Vehicle driver, Loggist, and SORT Operative

You will need to be a Band 6 Paramedic by the closing date to apply.