getting my ideal job

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.

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

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

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.