Storrington Directory

What is a Community First Responder (CFR)?

CFRs are volunteer members of their community who are trained to respond to emergency calls in conjunction with SECAMB.

As they respond in the local areas where they live and work they are able to attend the scene of an emergency within a few minutes, and often before the emergency service arrives. They are able to offer life-saving first aid further increasing the patient’s chances of survival.

SECAmb currently has more than 400 CFRs spread across Kent, Surrey and Sussex and north east Hampshire. Our CFRs attend roughly 20,000 emergency calls per year of which were categorised more than 10,000 are categorised as life-threatening including more than 1,000 of which are cardiac/respiratory arrest calls.

Could you be a Community First Responder?

Applications are received online, through the NHS Jobs site. Please keep checking this page to see when the next advertisement is open, or alternatively you can create your own role search on NHS jobs https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ to receive an email notification.

We hold selection interviews and the screening process comprises a Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS), professional references and health clearance. We provide all the training that you will need, covering the Community First Responder scope of practice, but it’s also important that every year you undertake our online modules including infection prevention and control, safeguarding adults and children and information governance. It’s a challenging but very rewarding role and we’re there to support you at every step of this journey.