PROFESSIONAL COURSES AND PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

As you enrol on your professional course you will need to complete an enhanced DBS along with ID checks and an occupational health assessment. You will also be asked to read and sign your professional studies contract which is in line with the HCPC Standards of Conduct, performance and ethics which will guide you through your 3 year degree course.

Your clinical placement will be based with one of our practice partners and you will also be given opportunities to experience different areas of practice throughout your journey to becoming a registered Paramedic.

Other than lecture blocks, you will also have ambulance placement and alternative placement blocks.

Your ambulance placement will be with the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust. You will be placed with a Practice Educator and will either be on a dual staffed ambulance or a Rapid Response Vehicle. You will either be based in the North Bedfordshire (Kempston, Bedford and its satellite stations) or South Bedfordshire (Luton and its satellite stations).

Your alternative placement will be in a cross-sector organisation of which examples include:

• A Hospice

Keech (Luton) or St Johns (Sue Ryder)

• Welfare

Noah Enterprise SMART CJS

• Health Visitor

• Ambulance Operations Centre (AOC)

• Bedford Day Care Hospice

• Hospital Wards

Placements are for one week and include a combination of long or short shifts. You will often get three placements in the block. You will also have a Student Directed Option where you may be able to pursue an interest area or use for independent study or virtual placement.