This week’s Standard of the Week is the Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner apprenticeship standard which has been approved for delivery since 12th January 2017.
The Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) works as part of the wider Emergency and Urgent Care setting, having direct contact with service users or others, providing high quality and compassionate care.
Day to day duties and tasks for an AAP would involve working as part of an ambulance crew responding to emergency (999) and urgent calls providing emergency and urgent assistance, driving safely and progressively at high speed. The AAP will assess, treat and manage service users at the scene (reducing the need for hospital admission), either referring service users to alternative care provisions or safely discharging them on scene. Other tasks involve working closely with other emergency services and the wider NHS.
The AAP will work under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner in accordance with Regulatory policies and procedures for an initial probationary period of 20 weeks. After successful completion the AAP will be accountable for their own actions, operating within their own scope of practice, and will work alongside professional colleagues of higher or lower grades.
There are currently 7 registered training providers for this Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner apprenticeship standard.
You can access information here about applying to the APAR as an apprenticeship training provider.
You can access the Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner apprenticeship standard here.