Latest News

This week, we’ve been talking to Tim Needham, a specialist paramedic, about his work with a local GP surgery… I joined the ambulance service and thought that this will be my career for life, I will work here in this trust helping people until I retire in 40 years. How things change!​ So now, 15 years have past and I am moving on, if only partially. I have a great balance now...

This week, we’re chatting to Francine Barrow, a qualified paramedic for an NHS Trust. Francine’s entrepreneurial spirit recently prompted her to make a business venture out of her years of hard work by selling her homemade revision flashcards. Here we learn a bit more about Francine, her struggle to become a paramedic and her interesting sideline. How did you become a parame...

​Do you know a qualified Paramedic or Paramedic Practitioner looking for work? Perhaps a family member, friend or a colleague in your current workplace is looking for additional work? Or more flexibility whilst working in the emergency care sector? One option open to them is to join us! As a Medic Now candidate, we believe that you will know the best candidates for the influ...

June could be a great month for Medic Now - we’ve made the finals of both the Buckinghamshire Business Awards and The Global Recruiter Awards. Launched in 2006, the Buckinghamshire Business Awards are the county's leading business awards. The awards play a major role within the county, showcasing the entrepreneurial spirit and vision of the community, which in turn presents ...

This post was originally published on The Broken Paramedic’s blog. You can follow him on Twitter @BrokenParamedic Dear frontline ambulance colleagues, After 12 years of responding to 999 calls and subsequently watching from the sidelines as family and friends continue to do so, I am only too aware of the ever increasing pressures and the ongoing erosion of the ambulance clin...

Are you a potential candidate?  PTS required for Peel Island, Coniston Water.  We are looking for a dynamic student paramedic for a short-term contract in the North West of England.  This is an excellent opportunity for you to earn while you learn in an environment relevant to your career, working as an EM clinician and providing patient transport service for groups of child...

This week on our weekly tweetchat, we will be asking the paramedic community of Twitter to answer the following question: “How important is your appearance when carrying out your job?” It’s a contentious issue, and some of you may feel that your personal appearance has no bearing whatsoever on your ability to carry out your duties; you are of course highly-skilled, highly-tr...

This post was first published on ' The Ramblings of a Graduate Paramedic' Blog by Saul Gaunt. You can follow him on Twitter @saulie1  Yesterday, I “ran” my first resuscitation as a student paramedic. A relatively normal situation for a paramedic to be in, a daily occurrence if you like. It was however my first time. I had a patient awake and responding to me, before then goi...

Matt Green, paramedic for Medic Now and the South Central Ambulance Service attended the College of Paramedics annual conference in York this week. Follow him on Twitter @mlg1611 On the 8th and 9th of March, the College of Paramedics (@ParamedicsUK) held their 2016 conference in York. Around 140 attended; predominantly NHS paramedics but student paramedics, emergency medical...

New Lease of Life for Return of Spontaneous Circulation - by Paramedic Matt Green PG Dip BSc (Hons) Cert HE MCPara M.L.Green@Live.co.uk @MLG1611 This post was first published on the @prehospitalecg sitehttp://www.prehospital.wordpress.com   The United Kingdom’s ambulance services are successfully restoring a pulse in more cardiac arrest victims than ever before and it’s a hu...