Duty Commander - Lincolnshire
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced operational and command-focused leader to join the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust in Lincoln. The Duty Commander will establish a supportive leadership culture, provide 24/7 tactical command and incident response, and oversee daily divisional tactical plans. They will also undertake national major incident doctrine roles as Tactical or Operational Commander.
Essential criteria
- Operational or Tactical Command qualification, or will complete Tactical level within 12 months of commencement in role.
- On-going CPD around National Occupational Standards Major Incident Management
- Appropriate level registered clinical qualification, e.g. Paramedic, ECP and ability to act as a first responder
- Management diploma or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Minimum of 2 years supervising/managing a team
- Working on own initiative to deliver Trust and national polices and guidelines
- Full driving licence including the provision of emergency driving
- Operational or Tactical Command qualification, or will complete Tactical level within 12 months of commencement in role.
- On-going CPD around National Occupational Standards Major Incident Management
- Appropriate level registered clinical qualification, e.g. Paramedic, ECP and ability to act as a first responder
- Management diploma or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Minimum of 2 years supervising/managing a team
- Working on own initiative to deliver Trust and national polices and guidelines
- Full driving licence including the provision of emergency driving
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Duty Commander - Lincolnshire
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
At East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, we are committed to delivering excellent patient care and exploring opportunities for continuous service delivery improvements.
We are now looking to recruit experienced operational and command focused leader to the team in Lincoln.
The role will be accountable to the Head of Operations, but also forms key relationships with the area management teams Divisional Senior managers , Station Managers and Divisional Senior Clinical Leaders) and the Regional Operations Manager team.
Base stations TBC.
Persons who have recently completed DC development will not be able to apply for the secondment role
Main duties of the job
As a Duty Commander you will be responsible for establishing and embedding a supportive, motivational and compassionate leadership culture across the station based operational teams. This is a key leadership role in supporting EMAS to deliver its vision and values.
The Duty Commander will provide a daily 24/7 tactical command and incident response role and will be responsible for the overall (on scene) tactical command, coordination and performance of the Division. This role will provide visible leadership, problem solving / decision making and assessment of risk in a live dyna
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