About G.M.A.S.

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=10.75% BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0070ce82egerdp.png"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Middleton Ambulance Station"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=70 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000" background="00626611ezuady.png"> <div> <B>Middleton Ambulance Station</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=410 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>About  G.M.A.S.</B></div> <div> <B>Greater Manchester Ambulance</B><B> Service</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="650" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1511 WIDTH="644"><div> <B>Some facts about GMAS</B></div> <div> (Facts Accurate 2003)</div> <bR> <div> Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides a Paramedic Emergency Service together with a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service to almost three million residents across an area of 500 square miles. </div> <div> This area covers the County of Greater Manchester and Glossop, Derbyshire.</div> <bR> <div> There are  35 Ambulance Stations throughout Greater Manchester.</div> <div> Greater Manchester Ambulance Service employs approximately 1,600 staff</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="84fc8770.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service  </B>(PTS) undertakes over 1 million journeys a year. This includes transporting patients to day care, rehabilitation, physiotherapy and out patients as well as non-emergency admissions and transfers </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="84dc8700.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Accident & Emergency Vehicles</B>  GMAS operates 140 accident and emergency vehicles , 717 paramedics</div> <div> and technicians and  86 emergency dispatchers. The Paramedic Emergency Service (PES) attended 272,464 incidents last year which is an average of 47 activations per hour</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="833c86b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="107" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Rapid Response Unit  </B>Consists of 10  rapid response vehicles (with the capacity to extend to 19 when required) positioned strategically throughout Greater Manchester</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="86b8c9d0.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Ladybride Hall </B>training cente is located in Bolton, for more than twenty years Ladybridge Hall has been training ambulance crews</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> Greater Manchester Ambulance Service Headquarters is located in Whiterfield.</div> <div> Emergency Control Centre and  IT Department is located in West Gorton.</div> <div> Finance department is located in Bolton.</div> <bR> <div> Greater Manchester Ambulance Service was recently re-accredited with the Investors in People Award.</div> <div> Training and development of all staff is a priority and career progression within the service is encouraged. </div> <bR> <div> Excellent career opportunities exist such as becoming a: </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Student Paramedic </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ambulance Care Assistant </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Emergency Ambulance Control Operator </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Patient Transport Centre Assistant </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Opportunities also exist in Information Technology,  Finance,  Administration,  and Human Resources or as a Secretary. </div> <bR> <div> These a just some of the positions that may arise in the near future. </div> <bR> <div> For an application form and a careers pack write to: </div> <bR> <div> The Human Resource Department </div> <div> Greater Manchester Ambulance Service </div> <div> NHS Trust </div> <div> Ambulance Headquarters </div> <div> Bury Old Road </div> <div> Whitefield </div> <div> Manchester M45 6AQ </div> <bR> <div> Phone  0161 796 7222</div> <bR> <div> GMAS NHS TRUST is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community</div> <bR> <div> For more information on a career in the Ambulance Service   <A HREF="http://www.the-asa.org/careers/index.php4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.the-asa.org/careers/index.php"><U>click here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> <B>                                      </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>