Project Lead and Facilitator

Company: South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
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Location: Cherwell District
Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver a pioneering, trauma-informed and responsive wellbeing programme for ambulance staff, students and volunteers.

South Central Ambulance Service has secured Workforce Wellbeing Fund support to deliver a Proactive and Preventative Trauma Support Programme. The programme will provide trauma awareness training and scheduled clinician-led coaching for new starters, first-year HEI students, volunteers and priority staff groups who may be exposed to traumatic experiences early in their ambulance career.

Working as part of the People and Wellbeing Directorate, the post holder will help coordinate a programme that moves beyond reactive support and strengthens our ability to respond early, compassionately and consistently when staff are affected by trauma.

We are looking for someone who is highly organised, emotionally intelligent and confident working with a wide range of stakeholders. You will support project planning, engagement, communications, training coordination and delivery, reporting, evaluation and governance. You will also help ensure trauma-informed practice, equity, inclusion, responsiveness and psychological safety are embedded throughout the programme.

  • Coordinating day-to-day delivery of the Workforce Wellbeing Fund project
  • Delivering trauma awareness training and coaching
  • Helping embed a trauma-informed and responsive approach to staff wellbeing
  • Working with internal and external stakeholders such as HEIs, Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health providers and internal teams
  • Developing project plans, action logs, risk registers and reports
  • Supporting engagement, workshops and feedback sessions
  • Helping monitor uptake, experience, equity, sickness absence and retention outcomes
  • Supporting evaluation, learning and future sustainability of the programme

Please see Job Description & person Specification for full details

Benefits We Offer

  • Full training and a range of courses which you can book locally.
  • Holiday entitlement of 27 days, rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service, plus an additional 8 days bank holiday (pro rata for part time).
  • Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
  • Access to continual professional development within SCAS and the wider NHS.
  • Occupational Health support and direct access to our Employee Assistance Programme as well as our own Health and Wellbeing Team.
  • NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores saving money on holidays, days out, car insurance, restaurants, clothing and much more.
  • Ability to join our staff networking groups (as a member, ally or just for interest).

Corporate Induction

It’s really important for us to ensure you have the best onboarding experience which allows you to feel a sense of belonging from the start. To help with this, we will book your Corporate Induction as soon as we possibly can (depending on availability).

All new starters need to attend our Corporate Induction in person, this is held over one and half days from our educational centres based in: Newbury (Berkshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire) or Whiteley (Hampshire). More specific details will be sent to you once your start date has been confirmed.

Please note – depending on your role additional training may be required following on from your corporate induction.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachael Clarke Job title: Health and Wellbeing Manager Email address: rachael.clarke@scas.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07815156288

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Posted: July 13th, 2026