Job Opportunity: Mine Site Paramedic (AU Registered) - St John Papua New Guinea

Location: New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

Department: Operational Support

Employment type: 6-months full-time

ST JOHN’S PURPOSE: To support Papua New Guineans in their time of greatest need by delivering excellence in emergency care and providing timely access to health care; whether in the biggest city or remotest village, hand-in-hand with the Government.

ST JOHN’S MISSION: To protect life and provide expert care for Papua New Guineans in sickness, distress, suffering and danger, free from any distinction of tribe, class, or creed.

ST JOHN’S VALUES:

Trust and respect – for patients, partners, and stakeholders

Passionate and unselfish – in how we go about serving others

Commercially astute – forward thinking in using social enterprises to ensure a financially sustainable charitable organisation

Transparent and accountable – in all our dealings with employees, patients, partners, and the public

Never standing still in pursuing excellence – always striving and innovating to deliver best value and better outcomes for our patients, clients, staff, and country.

POSITION SUMMARY

St John PNG is advertising for Australian-Registered Paramedics to provide an embedded paramedic response for an organisation in the mining sector. Your primary responsibility will be responding to provide medical assistance to staff and contractors at the organisation’s plant, located on an island in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.

The scope of the role includes:

• Embedded paramedic reporting through to the Emergency Response Team (ERT) at the plant site
• Paramedic responds with the ERT to any medical emergencies within the plant and mine site area and provides pre-hospital care prior to handover to local Medical Centre.
• On-call in case of emergency call out during off hours (i.e. while on site for day or night shifts).
• Responsible for maintaining medical kit in the ambulance, fire truck, and possibly checking of first aid and AEDs on site.
• Upskilling and mentoring the ERT members in medical response to accidents through setting up and observing medical response training drills (table top, live exercise) – All ERT have either standard or advanced first aid certificates.

Role duration:

• 6 months full-time on a 22 on/ 20 off roster
• Roster (TBC): 11 x 12-hour Day Shifts/ 11 x 12-hour Night Shifts/ 20 days off / 2 days travel to return to site

St John PNG offers candidates the following:

• Competitive salary (PNG tax rates apply)
• Accommodation (on-site accommodation provided by mining company, accommodation transiting to and from mine site provided where required)
• In-country medical insurance and overseas medical evacuation
• Professional medical indemnity insurance
• Return flights to Australia after each block of days on (or equivalent value for travel elsewhere)

POSITION CONTEXT You will report to the Emergency Response Team (ERT) manager on site. You will respond with a member of the ERT.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES & OUTCOMES

This position will ensure successful delivery of:

• Project health services to the standard expected of the client and St John.
• High-quality training and mentoring for ERT members.
• Emergency response to incidents and emergencies requiring paramedical care

This position’s responsibilities include:

• Providing paramedical care to patients in the out of hospital environment on a mine site and transfer to local Medical Centre
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality health care to patients
• On-call during off hours (i.e. while on site).
• Maintaining medical kit in the ambulance, fire truck, and possibly checking of first aid and AEDs on site
• Upskilling and mentoring the ERT members in medical response to accidents
• Doing all that is possible to ensure an excellent patient, customer and client experience and positively representing St John Ambulance to customers and clients

The duties and responsibilities represented in this Position Description do not limit the duties to be performed, and there is the ability to undertake other suitable capacity-building projects that align with the paramedic’s skills and experience.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The following criteria must be met for you to be considered for this position:

Essential

• At least three years’ experience working as a paramedic with an ambulance service recognised by the Council of Ambulance Authorities
• Bachelor of Paramedicine or equivalent qualification and experience (e.g. Diploma of Paramedicine with appropriate experience)
• Registration as a paramedic with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency

Desirable (but not essential)

• Post graduate qualifications in critical care or paramedic education
• Advanced Life Support level 2 or equivalent qualification
• Experience working in an aeromedical and/or rescue environment
• Experience in remote/ austere or mining environments
• Experience facilitating paramedic training in the workplace or at a job site
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE)

POLICIES AND WORKPLACE PRACTRICES

All St John employees, volunteers, reservists, and associates are required to acquaint themselves with the St John’s policies and procedures, and to abide by them at all times. It is always expected that, employees will:

• be respectful towards the organisation, colleagues, clients and the general public, and maintain the highest degree of confidentiality to patient and sensitive workforce information
• be cognisant with and uphold the Objectives of St John
• act collaboratively with all colleagues
• act in a safe and responsible manner.

Download the Position Description here. Applications can be submitted here. Applications open until Sunday 10 December 2023.

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