Andy Whatling Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Managing a fleet of 24 historic ambulances, associated vintage medical equipment, and a records archive dating back to the mid 1800’s. Organising community displays, talks and undertaking commercial filming commissions to promote the London Ambulance Service to the wider public. Working with other Blue Light Emergency Services, museums, educational establishments & communities to research, promote & educate about the history of the Ambulance Service in London and the development of medical response & treatments from the 1800’s to the present day.

Pan London

Brixtion And Oval (Kennington) Complex

Duty Station Officer in Central London. My main areas of responsibility include:Operational Management - Ensuring patient care provided meets contractual requirements, provide managerial support/advice to Clinical Team Leaders and front line staff, proactively lead work streams in conjunction with internal partners to maximise resources/clinical staff balance, undertake investigations within a wide portfolio of responsibilities; including disciplinary investigations, accident investigations, monitor standards of care by personally attending clinical incidents. and resolve acute issues at hospitals and emergency departments, provide cover for Ambulance Operations Managers in their absence and provide Ambulance Venue Commander support (at Silver level) for stadia and events . People Management -Manage staff according to HR policies ensuring best practice and maintenance of professional standards, undertake personal development reviews with Clinical Team Leaders and staff, deal with staff welfare issues and ensure a positive attitude and commitment to diversity at all times. Interact with the education and development department to identify team and individual strengths and facilitate the development of individuals and the wider team. Ensure staff are kept up to date with policy and procedure developments and promote staff involvement in local decisions.Health, Safety, Risk Management - Ensure staff operate in a safe working environment and corporate responsibilities are met in regard to H&S legislation, undertake H&S premises inspections ensuring identified issues are dealt with expediently.External Relationships - Attend/chair internal and external meetings with the wider health economy and other emergency services. Ensure information is prepared and presented accurately and comprehensively. Develop and maintain good working relationships with other emergency services, hospitals, and public sector agencies.

West London

Provider of expert advice to all levels of management on both real time and projected performance issues. Produce daily performance report for Trust Gold and the Assistant Director of Operations advising on required actions. Maintain strategic overview to achieve a balance of staff hours and shift cover against predicted service demand within set financial limits. Undertake long term forecasting ensuring deployed resources match peak requirements. Conduct research into demand spikes and associated trends developing plans to mitigate against future performance drop. Coordinate the deployment of managers to stadia and events ensuring statutory requirements are met whilst minimising the impact on core resources. Ensure robust adherence from managers and departments to all area and localy based plans; including recovery plans where necessary. Monitor hospital based capacity issues and liaise with hospital managers in regard to both their in-patient and ED status. Deploy managers to acute departments to reduce the impact of ED breaches on the ambulance service and ameliorate ambulance turn round times; thus reducing job cycle time. Act as a point of instant access for both senior operational managers and vehicle based staff requiring immediate advice/decisions in the absence of locally based managers and advise all levels of management in regard to area based issues, ensuring actions undertaken locally do not result in a negative area based impact. Staff the area response car attending serious and major incidents as an on scene incident commander and attend 999 calls as an operational responder.

River Zone - Royal Artillery Barracks

Secondment to the position of Ambulance Venue Commander for London 2012 Olympics/Paralympics for shooting and archery events at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich.

Croydon

Central London

Surrey

North West Surrey

Having successfully completed the Police Motorcycle Response course with Sussex Police I undertook the role of Motorcycle Paramedic. My work responding to 999 calls on a motorcycle was enhanced through my gaining advanced qualifications in addition to my Paramedic skills in both Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support, through the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinborough, and Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support through the ALSG in Manchester.

North West Surrey