Paramedic Practice BSc (Hons)

Picture yourself on the scene of a serious incident. Are you holding your nerve and relying on extensive training, education and experience to deliver potentially life-saving treatment? You may have what it takes to be a paramedic.

During our paramedic practice degree, you’ll learn how to become highly skilled in providing patients with the best possible care. Hone your critical thinking and decision-making skills that can make a difference in life-or-death situations.

Learn the fundamentals of paramedic practice such as professional duty of care, patient diversity and legal frameworks. Alongside this, you’ll study how to recognise signs of clinical deterioration in patients that require timely intervention.

Taught primarily at St James’, our Manchester city centre location, you’ll develop your confidence and apply your skills in clinical scenarios in our immersive skills and simulation suite. Experience front line service with emergency ambulance crews, taking advantage of extensive placements across the North West in both urgent/emergency care and wider health and social settings. By the time you complete your three-year programme you’ll have up to 60 weeks of hands-on experience under your belt.

You’ll also be required to travel to the Ormskirk campus for a small number of taught sessions, assessments and learning opportunities throughout the three years of the programme.

An approved degree

Following graduation, you’ll have the skills that enable you to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a qualified paramedic.

Your future career

Your career prospects are excellent. Qualified paramedics in urgent and emergency care settings are highly sought after. Graduates typically kickstart their career in the ambulance service as newly qualified paramedics, but during their careers also go into other roles such as:

• Senior paramedic team leader
• Advanced paramedic
• Senior lecturer
• Research paramedic
• Advanced clinical practitioner

Some graduates stay within the ambulance service, moving through various senior clinical routes or into primary and urgent care. Edge Hill graduates have worked in:

• North West Ambulance Service
• Ambulance services across the UK
• NHS Trusts
• Higher Education Institutions

Alternatively, after graduation you may want to continue your studies and complete a postgraduate qualification.