Job opportunity: Graduate Paramedic - Ambulance Tasmania

Graduate Paramedic

Location: Statewide, Tasmania.

Base Salary: $67,512- $86,307 per annum + 10.5% superannuation. Salary range is in accordance with Ambulance Tasmania Agreement 2019.

Ambulance Tasmania (AT) promotes and provides integrated high quality, emergency ambulance care, rescue, and patient transport to the Tasmanian community. The role of AT is to provide pre-hospital patient care, specialised patient transport, medical transfers, and public education. AT achieves this using salaried and volunteer staff as well as through the support of independent ambulance services.

Ambulance staff are frontline health care professionals. They are active members of the health care team, contributing to the preservation and restoration of health for the people of Tasmania. Paramedics provide efficient and effective medical care, which is timely, appropriate to the needs of the patient, of a high quality and equitably available.

The Graduate Paramedic Selection Process will consist of five stages:

• Stage One - Initial Application Screening
• Stage Two - Psychometric Testing
• Stage Three - Formal Application Shortlisting
• Stage Four – Interview
• Stage Five - Reference Checks/ Pre-Employment Checks

The Role

• Attend ambulance cases.
• Provide pre-hospital care under the direct supervision of an AT Paramedic in a competent manner.
• Deliver pre-hospital care in accordance with service procedures and protocols.
• Develop and maintain the required level of knowledge in ambulance care practices and correct application of ambulance equipment.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Position Features

• Ambulance Tasmania is committed to promoting a positive workplace culture
• Shift Work and on-call duties are both features of this position
• Ambulance work has some special demands because of the nature of the work and the varying physical environments in which Paramedics work, including manual handling hazards and exposure to trauma situations. These special demands require a sufficient level of physical capacity to perform with minimal risk of personal injury, particularly back injury and an ability to cope with stress
• Ambulance work requires an ability to provide care without prejudice and favour
• The position may involve road, air and sea transport in urban and wilderness settings
• Intrastate travel may be required for training purposes
• The positions are in a region, as identified, and will involve work in urban, outer-urban and Branch Station locations as directed

Details of Appointment

Fixed Term, full time, shift work positions working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing May 2023 for a period of 12 months.

*notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar fixed term full time and part time vacancies.

Eligibility

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Holds a Bachelor of Paramedic Science or other qualification approved by the Service
• Registered with the Paramedicine Board of Australia
• Physical fitness, medical suitability and psychological characteristics appropriate to the duties of a Paramedic
• Current Driver’s Licence

Find out more and apply. Applications close Sunday 19 March, 2023 at 23:55.

Disclaimer: The above material is provided by the employer and the College is not responsible for any inaccuracies. For any queries about the position please contact the advertised employer.