Ambulance service bosses are seeking to employ a Brexit manager to help deal with the potential destabilising impact of leaving the European Union.

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust confirmed it was advertising internally for the role, which is intended to lead the trust in preparing and planning for the effects of Brexit.

The senior management level role would be a full-time, six-month secondment and is designed to "promote business continuity management to avoid the destabilisation of business as usual".

The trust's regional operations manager Chris Stamp said: “As a category 1 responder organisation, it is important and right that we have strong contingency plans in place for a wide variety of events.

“This role, which has a working title, is a six-month internal secondment, not a new role and will be part of our already-existing contingency planning and resilience department.

“It will involve working on ensuring that, as an organisation, we are well prepared to manage the impact of Brexit, given our geographical location and important role we play in serving the public.

“The salary is to be confirmed and as a secondment role, most likely filled by an internal candidate, it will represent good value for what is an important part of our on-going work across a variety of areas to mitigate risks.”

Medway Labour leader Vince Maple said the news was another example of the negative impact of uncertainty over Brexit.

"I think it's right and proper that public service organisations are prepared for Brexit," he said.

"We've been calling on Medway Council to be prepared.

"Particularly here in Kent we will want to make sure emergency services are prepared for the potential impact.

"Because the government have failed to come up with a deal and things are unclear, organisations like this are having to have various options and contingency plans which wouldn't have been required if the government had been clear about."