Paramedic

Job Description:

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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 Role:

• Attend to members of the community requiring clinical care and treatment via ambulance services.
• Independently, or as part of a team, deliver pre-hospital clinical care in accordance with approved clinical practice guidelines.
• Maintain constant contact with the State Communications Centre, in accordance with Ambulance Tasmania (AT) policies and protocols.
• Complete all relevant documentation with respect to clinical services, training provided and changes to the working environment and equipment.
• Maintain a prescribed level of knowledge in ambulance care practices and the correct application of ambulance equipment.
• Maintain the allocated vehicle and equipment in a state of readiness at all times.

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.
• Ambulance work has special demands because of the nature of the work and the varying physical environments in which Paramedics work. Theses environments bring an increased exposure to manual handling hazards and exposure to trauma situations.
• A sufficient level of physical fitness and a satisfactory psychometric assessment is required to minimize risk of personal injury, particularly back injury and manage and mitigate Post Traumatic Stress Disease.
• Ambulance work requires:
  • • an ability to provide care without prejudice and favour,
    • an ability to work shift work,
    • an ability to work on road, in the air and sea transport as well as in urban and wilderness settings.
• Paramedics may be required to undertake periods of relief at outer urban or rural branch stations and intrastate travel may be required for training purposes.
• The occupant may be required to undertake on-call, according to service requirements.

Details of Appointment:

Multiple Permanent and fixed term, full time & part time, shift work positions working up to 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

*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, part time and casual vacancies.

Locations:

North West Tasmania
Northern Tasmania
Southern Tasmania

Salary:

$100,819- $117,201 per annum + 11% superannuation + access to salary packaging

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Registered with the Paramedicine Board of Australia (AHPRA)
• Holds a Bachelor of Paramedic Science and relevant work experience or other qualification approved by the Service
• Current Driver’s Licence

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:
• crimes of violence
• sex related offences
• serious drug offences
• crimes involving dishonesty
• serious traffic offences
2. Identification check
3. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents:

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guides and Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

• Generic Paramedic PAR (July 2023) CSU.docx
• Generic Paramedic PAR (July 2023) CSU.pdf

Applicant Guide:

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.docx

How to Apply:

Apply Online. Please click the blue "Apply now" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please Note:

• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For More Information:

Ambulance Tasmania - Recruitment
at.recruitment@ambulance.tas.gov.au

Important Information:

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