Paramedic Science (Hons) University of Huddersfield

Overview

Paramedics are Allied Health Professionals who assess, treat, manage, refer, and discharge patients who require acute, chronic or specialist services across urgent and emergency care environments.

The Paramedic Science (Hons) course at University of Huddersfield , which was designed and written by qualified paramedics, provides theoretical, practical and placement learning opportunities across a range of practice environments.

Your Career

The role of the paramedic and the areas in which they work have become increasingly varied within clinical, management, education and research areas. Careers opportunities for paramedics could involve:

• Ambulance crew, solo responder roles, specialist paramedic in critical/urgent care and advanced paramedic roles with NHS ambulance trusts.

• Operational and clinical management and leadership roles.

• Emergency operations centre roles and telephone triage systems, including NHS 111.

• Hazardous area response teams, special operations response teams and helicopter emergency medical services.

• Roles within emergency departments within NHS acute trusts.

• NHS primary and secondary care roles within urgent care centres, mental health, community settings and GP surgeries.

• NHS services such as NHS England, Health Education England, NHS Digital and local authority.

• Higher education and research roles.