Paramedic Science BSc (Hons)

Got a cool head and a taste for fast-paced environments? Study on our full-time Paramedic Science degree and open the door to a rewarding career in emergency healthcare.<br/><br/>You’ll learn in purpose-built skills labs and on placements with London Ambulance Service or East of England Ambulance Service. Our course is validated by the Health & Care Professions Council so you’ll graduate eligible to register as a Paramedic. Our exciting Paramedic Science degree course will teach you the skills you need to work as a Paramedic. Youll get practical experience by using our modern skills laboratories, mannequins and specialist equipment, and back it up with the theory you learn in the lecture theatre. Then youll apply both theory and practice on your clinical placements with local ambulance trusts. Youll be placed with either East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust or London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. As well as your ambulance placement youll also experience other types of placement including critical care, maternity and emergency departments.<br/><br/>Youll get expert guidance from supportive tutors, including practising professionals, youll learn to work as a multidisciplinary team, reflecting the real-life working environment.<br/><br/>Our Paramedic Science degree is designed and delivered by our team of Paramedic academics and practitioners with input from our partner ambulance services. Its approved by the Health & Care Professions Council, so youll be eligible to apply for registration to work as a Paramedic as soon as you graduate.<br/><br/>After graduation and registration, you could work in a wide range of out-of-hospital care settings, including an ambulance or response car, the control room, an air ambulance (HEMS) team, or a hazardous area response team. Increasingly, Paramedics are also helping to deliver acute care in hospitals and private healthcare, such as at concerts or motor-racing events, as well as working in primary care settings including GP surgeries and walk-in centres.<br/><br/>Were dedicated to the continual improvement of every aspect of healthcare and delivering the values set out in the NHS Constitution.