getting my ideal job

well you have lots of ideas to work on...... Write them down and start the action of each one as definitely can do, need other experence, and maybe one day eventually.

You don't need much to apply to and ambulance service.............

Degree apprenticeship/student paramedic

Some ambulance trusts offer the option of studying whilst you work and each will set its own entry requirements. They usually just ask for:

• at least five GCSEs, grade 4/C or above, including English, maths and science>

​or

• equivalent academic qualification with a high level of health or science content.

Employers will look for a good level of physical fitness and two years' driving experience. The recruitment process often involves several stages of interviews, tests, fitness assessments and driving tasks. Your employer and the government will pay any fees, so apprenticeships aren’t eligible for student grants but you will get paid a salary.

i have consider this and i will probably be a job i can do with no qualification required just need to be physically fit

Hi Martin,

I know it's easy to say, but it's really important to start with something. So while you may want to end up being a fully qualified paramedic, if you're willing or able to demonstrate that you have the skills/personality for the job through something else then this will get you there much faster. Volunteering might not be glamorous but it might give you enough experience to get on a trainee paramedic course for example, and that might then unlock the st John's ambulance you mentioned.

Have you considered being a hospital porter? I'm pretty sure there are no qualifications required for this, but you'd be right next to patients, moving trolleys around and working in the hospital environment.

join RLC TAVR  ----- as ambulance driver but u have to go through basic army training 

I agree with Gerty dont give up

Also there may be local charities which provide lifts to take people for hospital appointments or similar. 

Another good charity to volunteer for is British Red Cross, not quite the same but you can get experience and first aid training with them.

i have thought about it and will look at doing it also i would be a good confidants boost, but would like to do ambulance crew with st johns however when i called them they said to me i have to be a student paramedic to join them

Have you thought of volunteering for St John's Ambulance to get experience? They will also train you and build your confidence.

Thanks for the encouragement and i have not totally given up on ambulance work, wanting to do paramedic but will probably do driving patient transport for a couple of years but i just need someone to keep me focused on perusing a driving career with the ambulance service

Don't give up your dream, my cousin has been working as an Ambulance driver for about 6-7 years now and he's in his mid 50's, his dad was a driver and he wanted to follow him but didn't have the qualifications so did loads of jobs DJing, driving until he get qualified

Funeral work will be very controlled - it will give you lots of time to be doing all your paramedic qualifications in the background while getting a full salary - once qualified, change job - you don't commit to stay anywhere.

I could indeed see myself doing funeral care however it is my dream job and it would make me happy to do any job in the ambulance service, i have at time let my mild depression get the better of me which makes me consider just going for a job i funeral care

The pick-up / delivery option would require you to deal with tail-lifts and disabled / wheelchairs too.

I got picked up by a delivery ambulance to take me to a central London hospital appointment - the job seemed crazily stressful driving through the traffic to get to all the pick-up and drop off points - I didn't get home until 6pm and there were more people to drop off after me.    You might want to look into the expected hours for that job - and any overtime payments.

Dressing in black can be a very peaceful, calm career.

i would like to be in a blue light situation but would probably go for pickup/drop off for now as that only requires a minibus license and to be physically fit, i have looked at funeral care and yes it is growing industry but i have always kept it as a back up job

Funerals will always be a growth industry - great money if you look good in black  .

Where are you with your qualifications?   I'd guess there's a split between ambulance workers - some will be doing the pick-up / drop-off daily stuff where other will be out with the blue lights flashing - is that where you see yourself?

I watched some youtubes recently about an ex-police pursuit officer - he was always on the scene first dealing with all sorts of human trauma - until the job broke him.

I'm not sure I could ever do that job - but I was a first responder at work - a glorified first-aider - mainly cuts, scrapes & falls..

I have thought about work in the ambulance and just need some experience and have got funeral care as the plan b but this is not the job  i want nervelessly it is an option if i have to take it, i can get the qualification but i do not have the patients or confidence to do so, do you have any suggestions

Hi Martin

Are there any other routes into the job you want?   Are there any similar jobs where you will be able to pass the tests?   

Can you build the qualifications individually on a part-time basis?

Do you have a Plan B?