Some facts about GMAS (Facts Accurate 2003) 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. This area covers the County of Greater Manchester and Glossop, Derbyshire. There are  35 Ambulance Stations throughout Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester Ambulance Service employs approximately 1,600 staff The Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service  (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 Accident & Emergency Vehicles  GMAS operates 140 accident and emergency vehicles , 717 paramedics 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 Rapid Response Unit  Consists of 10  rapid response vehicles (with the capacity to extend to 19 when required) positioned strategically throughout Greater Manchester Ladybride Hall training cente is located in Bolton, for more than twenty years Ladybridge Hall has been training ambulance crews Greater Manchester Ambulance Service Headquarters is located in Whiterfield. Emergency Control Centre and  IT Department is located in West Gorton. Finance department is located in Bolton. Greater Manchester Ambulance Service was recently re-accredited with the Investors in People Award. Training and development of all staff is a priority and career progression within the service is encouraged. Excellent career opportunities exist such as becoming a: Student Paramedic Ambulance Care Assistant Emergency Ambulance Control Operator Patient Transport Centre Assistant Opportunities also exist in Information Technology,  Finance,  Administration,  and Human Resources or as a Secretary. These a just some of the positions that may arise in the near future. For an application form and a careers pack write to: The Human Resource Department Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust Ambulance Headquarters Bury Old Road Whitefield Manchester M45 6AQ Phone  0161 796 7222 GMAS NHS TRUST is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community For more information on a career in the Ambulance Service   click here