#CareerForLife - Our People

Many of our people at EEAST have careers within the Trust spanning decades. A career within the ambulance service can be a career for life. Everyone has a different journey and story to tell.

On this page, you can read about some of our people who are already well on their way with their career journeys at EEAST:

Ant Kitchener, Head of Clinical Development

I have had many different roles at the Trust since I joined in 2003, all of which have played a part in leading me to my current role as head of clinical development.

I first joined the Trust because I wanted to become a paramedic. My first role was as a student paramedic, which then led me to becoming a qualified paramedic for two years. From there, I progressed in frontline roles to a community paramedic, clinical team leader and then emergency care practitioner. I eventually moved into the education space as a senior university lecturer in Paramedicine, as well as developing as an advanced clinical practitioner and one of the first paramedic prescribers in the UK. At university I taught advanced practice, medical sciences, pharmacology, and a few other subject areas. 

It is an exciting time for both the paramedic profession as a whole, and the Trust, and my role as head of clinical development will help support our colleagues to develop in their clinical careers with EEAST.

Read Ant's full story.

 

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