#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.
Find out more about:
- Anthony Kitchener - Head of Clinical Development
- Anna Fright - Make Ready Operative
- Alan Gaythorpe - Emergency Care Practitioner
- Damon Wheddon - Sector Clinical Lead / Regional Maternity Lead
- Emily Jackson - EOC Business Continuity and Resilience Advisor
- Emma De-Carteret - Director of Corporate Affairs and Performance
- Emma Strawson - Clinical Coordinator / Specialist Paramedic
- George Barber - Interim Chief of Staff
- Georgina Lovejoy - Senior Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Glenn Carrington - Paramedic
- Joe Cartwright - Leading Operations Manager (LOM)
- Jonathan Needle - Community Response Manager
- Kelly-Anne Applegate - EOC Training and Education Manager
- Kerrie Wykes - Specialist Midwife / Paramedic
- Matt Arkle - Duty Tactical Commander
- Mark Giddens - Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Mark Stowell - Digital Service Desk Analyst Engineer
- Phillip Bygrave - Make Ready Group Lead
- Rita Bains - ECAT Team Leader
- Rob Hazell - Recruitment Specialist (EOC)
- Sally Bennett - Contact Centre Team Leader (CallEEAST)
- Terry Hicks - Head of Operations
- Thomas Pont - EOC Duty Manager