Paramedic- retraining

[Paramedia]

I want to retrain as a paramedic.
I have a degree already in psychology. How likely is it that I would get funding for my MSc? Is there any other route in?
Also is the course full on, placement five days a week?

There's an apprenticeship route.

Doesn’t look like there’s any apprenticeships in my area

My cousin did this after 2 other degrees. She went down the apprenticeship route.

If you're thinking of being a Paramedic, it's probably also worth thinking about your exit strategy now, and collecting bolt ons (prescribing etc) to give you more options.
As part of the wider AHP workforce Paramedics are popping up in more locations now, other than pre hospital care, which has a high burnout rate.
The breadth of exposure in pre hospital care is huge and offers many transferrable skills.
Don't expect any university holiday time to be time off, it'll be back to back on the road placements, 7 days & nights a week.

If you're in England SFE won't fund it. There will be some sort of apprenticeship route near you, it's just a case of looking in the right places at the right time. If you are able to tell me your nearest ambulance trust, or an idea of roughly where you are I'm happy to find the info for you ☺️

@TGN101it will be around Bristol

https://www.swast.nhs.uk/paramedic-apprenticeship

There are 3 options:

Work as a dispatch call handler before moving onto being an ECA, and then progress to the paramedic degree apprenticeship (Longest, but appears to be a guaranteed progression once you’re accepted onto the pathway at the outset, and paid throughout) Recruits once a year in the summer.

Apply for a role as an ECA, and then once established, apply internally for the Paramedic DA (quicker than option 1, but is reliant on you being able to get a job as an ECA and presumably no guarantee of acceptance onto the degree apprenticeship)

Self fund a Level 4 course in pre-hospital care, and then apply to the paramedic Degree apprenticeship. (quickest, but also not sure you’re guaranteed a spot once you’ve done the Level 4 course.)

Options 1 and 2 will pay you in some capacity throughout, Option 3 would require you to support yourself for the Level 4 course, but would pay you from then on