Paramedic Science 2016

How did the application process go? What sort of work experience did you have? Any other advice you can think of? Cheers.

At Oxford Brookes, had offers from Unis closer to home, but OBU is a better uni and more importantly the tuition fees are paid for by Health Education Thames Valley. Have a C1 provisional, looking to do the test next summer. I'm a similar age as you, quite a wide age range in my cohort so I wouldn't worry about that.
If you meet all the entry requirements then go for it. Happy to look at any personal statements etc.

Hi Alex thanks for the response. The thing with going to a uni further that worries me is when it comes to the placements and getting placed somewhere even further out due to family commitments. I am contemplating maybe a uni that has a March start undecided yet as I am rearing to go lol so would prefer the Sept start. The only requirement academically that I don't meet is having GCSE Maths as I currently have a D grade in it. Last minute.com but I'm attempting to find a daytime course as I enrolled for the evening GCSE Maths course which I might not be able to do now. So now I'm in a flap as I've spoken to firstly Surrey uni that has said they would automatically reject any application without GCSE Maths what to do... what to do... lol Nonetheless I was hoping to apply to Surrey, Kingston/St Georges, Greenwich, Hertfordshire, (others to include Bedfordshire, Canterbury Christ, Oxford Brookes) It's kind of frustrating that there aren't as much options as Nursing. But I'm going to try and get down to some open days in order to make an informed decision. How is your course going? If things don't go my way I will likely have to apply for 2017 which is not a major problem as will give me loads more time to prepare myself to be the best candidate I possibly can be lol

Hello 😊 I've just finished my a levels and I'm taking a gap year to gain relative experience in the field (something that I would recommend to anyone wanting a career in any healthcare practice). Also planning to obtain a C1 drivers license (also something that would be very advantageous to anyone wanting to apply to paramedic science). I will be applying to St George's, Coventry, Staffordshire, swansea, Worcester and Portsmouth 😊

As for voluntary work, St johns has been amazing for me. I have learned and continue to learn very useful things that are very beneficial to me. St. John's can be very hit or miss depending on where you live, not every division is a well equipped as another or have any health care professionals there to guide you. For example my division has multiple ambulances, health care professionals and students and is generally just managed well. Where as another division could have none of those things and not get their members out on duties to gain experience, it's important to look into divisions before you join.

Any questions feel free to ask 😊


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First of all awesome pic, I saw Architects at the Roundhouse in March and they were insane!Really weird to find someone so similar (on the music front as well as I rarely find any Architects fans). I too just finished my A levels and am on a gap year. I have a place for St Georges for Sept 2016 (depending on stuff like DBS clearance, occupational health and stuff like that). I'm looking for healthcare jobs for my year off but have been unsuccessful as of yet As for St John, it has been a massive help for me, be it for clinical experience (I've treated at stuff like the London Marathon, BST in Hyde Park and football matches), but also for meeting new people. A lot of people are HCPC's so you can always ask them questions about the role (apart from when they are in the middle of treating a casualty)Also St Georges doesn't require the driving license and C1 aspect until the end of the 3 years which relieves some pressure if you're like me and haven't even started lessons yet!

Ahh yes! They were my favourite band of 2014 and I still listen to them regularly! Fair play to you! They must like you if you have already got a place your DBS and OPH will go fine! I had to pull out of applying to St Georges as It turns out that I did not meet the requirements which is pretty disappointing but I have plenty of other places to apply. It's defiantly worth doing the driving before you start even if it is a normal license because it will help you a lot, I believe that LAS expect you to have been driving for "X" amount of years to be able to drive the ambulances (I may be wrong there you will have to double check) not to mention that it will make you more employable!

What kind of jobs are you looking for? I have been thinking about applying for some HCA jobs either in A&E or with an agency.

I would not say that shops are totally useless! They are not very social hours (depending where you work obviously) and you talk to plenty of people! So minus the clinical side of a paramedic they are slightly similar!

I'm from Swansea! St. John has been pretty good for me in terms of experience so I may be able to get a HCA job somewhere! If not I will look into caring jobs as I have heard they will eat you up if you have relavent experience with St. John.

no shops are good, used to work in one and it really helped patient/customer interaction.

Cool thats awesome. What criteria didn't you match for georges?

I think you'd struggle to get on any course with out GCSE maths, but you'd have to speak to the Unis individually. Course hasn't really got going yet, been a couple of weeks of introductory stuff. Should get going in a week or so. I'm enjoying having a bit of free time now!

Unfortunately I did meet the entry requirements, I had the relevant amount of UCAS points but It consisted of a D and Georges will not accept a D under any circumstances. It's disappointing but I have plenty of other places to apply so it's not all doom and gloom!

Well managed to sort out the maths course woohoo i stay for 1 of the 3 hours and complete worksheets as self study at home so im rather elated at the minute lol well thats soon to change you must be excited i would be! Can i ask did you undertake a fitness test at all as part of your application?

Thanks

What sort of questions are asked at interviews?
sounds stupid i know but when they ask you bout a difficult situation you've been in where you've had to use your initiative, what sort of things have people said? I have had jobs in shops before which i could probably say something from but what else is there?

also is it ok to say in a personal statement that I am looking to gain clinical experience in the next few months, as I havent really got anything clinical at the moment?

Thank you

Anyone??!!