Personal Statement:Paramedic Practice

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Paramedic Practice Personal Statement

I have always known that I want to make a difference in my job; being in a role that changes lives and has the opportunity to make a positive impact. The excitement, variety and challenge offered through being a Paramedic meets that need, and also allows me to aggregate my genuine interest in medicine, biology and psychology and push myself emotionally and professionally further than ever before. Taking my natural self-directed leadership skills and utilising them as a high level pre-hospital clinician where I am able to do something worthwhile is fundamental to my core values.

I currently work for the North West Ambulance Service in the Emergency Control Centre, where the ability to be able to work effectively as a team is crucial, taking personal responsibility to use initiative by making informed decisions quickly, understanding that it directly impacts the level to resource allocation and immediate pre-hospital care. This role is an ideal preparatory step to becoming a Paramedic as it has allowed me to experience how it works behind the front line, providing a complete understanding behind why resources are allocated in certain ways. To date I have received two commendations as recognition of excellence.

I am a Community First Responder which has enabled me to transfer theory into practise, further operational experience and increase my depth of understanding to transfer skills gained through the Police. I utilise Bates’ Guide to medical examination and history taking in order to ensure I can give the most appropriate handover to Paramedics on arrival. I am working with HeartSafe to obtain local funding for a public AED for the area in which I live.

My goal is to become an Advanced Paramedic; to further my professional development constantly and eventually help shape the future of NWAS through operational strategy delivery. Ultimately I want to provide the best care in the most appropriate response to patients. I regularly read the Q&A to the Executive Team published on the intranet, understand how the Darby report changed how ambulance services operate, keep up to date with JRCALC clinical guideline updates, stay informed with latest NICE press releases, understand CPD through the HPC and have subscribed to the Journal of Paramedic Practice.

As a former police officer I have already gained an enormous amount of experience in taking control of highly emotive situations, using effective communication and the ability to engage in order to ascertain salient information relevant to the situation whilst remaining calm under pressure. Acting with professional and ethical integrity is central to how I work and my ability to manage, organise and respond to a changing workload through various computerised systems whilst maintaining confidentiality and meeting time critical deadlines is paramount. The corollary of spending a year living in Japan, and being in a mixed race marriage has helped me learn how to communicate with persons from all communities. Ultimately, I have become more aware of my role, values and beliefs whilst showing respect for all other persons and their values, beliefs, cultures, goals, needs and preferences.

Whilst working in the police I was trained in a number of disciplines that are immediately transferable: my standard and class 1 advanced emergency driving with Class C1 entitlement; leadership; adherence to procedures and protocols and physical fitness.

This course is something I am excited about, and something about which I have an immense passion. I offer unparalleled levels of commitment, motivation and I greatly look forward to the challenge of a demanding degree choice. I am confident that I have the academic ability, determination and personal qualities to make a success of it.

Universities Applied to:

• University of Central Lancashire DipHE - Offer Unconditional Firm

Grades Achieved:

• BA (Hons) Japanese and Marketing - 2:1
• Biology (A2) - B
• Chemistry (A2) - C
• German (A2) - C
• General Studies (A2) - B

Comments

The course is a one funded by NHS that over 1,200 applicants go for every year, for only 16 places.

General Comments:

Some of the contents will be irrelevant because it's specific to me, but structurally I believe it's how it should be created. Also, it's not overly verbose.

Comments on the statement:

I heard under the grapevine that I scored 12.5 out of 15 for this statement - I lost points by not including a section on my hobbies and outside interests, so certainly something extra for you to think about.

Previewing this statement the formatting's all off - there was obviously paragraphs and line breaks in the one sent to UCAS!