Job Title: Ambulance Transport Attendant
Job Description:
We are seeking experienced and dedicated individuals to join our team as Ambulance Transport Attendants. As a key member of our Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPT) team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care and transport services across Victoria and New South Wales.
Our team operates a fleet of ambulances and supports our transport services with RFDS aircraft. We offer world-class training and induction programs, opportunities for professional growth, and a supportive and inclusive organisational culture.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Perform patient assessment and intervention on-road
2. Provide high quality patient care and treatment during on-road transport
3. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with patients and stakeholders
4. Assess the effectiveness of any intervention in accordance with all RFDS MPC guidelines, NEPT regulations and within prescribed scope of practice
5. Perform independently and problem solve within established policies and procedures
6. Work collaboratively with other team members
7. Maintain an understanding of RFDS MPC policies and procedures and NEPT regulations to support best practice and patient outcome
Required Skills and Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will hold a Diploma of Paramedical Science (Ambulance), Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic), or equivalent qualification recognized by RFDS or DHHS. Additionally, they must have evidence of successful completion of required clinical placements and a Clinical Skills Assessment, completion of a minimum of 400 hours operational stretcher experience under the direct supervision of a clinical instructor, successful completion of clinical skills assessment (e.g. stage 8), or Registered Nurse in the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia and who has completed an appropriate bridging course for practice in the non-emergency patient transport sector.
Benefits:
We offer a range of benefits to our employees, including generous penalties and overtime allowances, access to salary packaging for all employees, including casuals, a less stressful environment than in emergency/pre-hospital care, supported opportunities to work at different locations across the state, great parental leave benefits, options to work across specialist resources such as high acuity, complex patient care vehicle, and with our Non-Emergency Patient Transport aeromedical team, and an ideal steppingstone if you are considering a career in pre-hospital emergency care or as a nurse or paramedic practitioner.
What You Need to Know:
All positions are subject to a National Police Check and holding a Working with Children Check. As part of the application process, you will be required to provide evidence of the following vaccinations: Hepatitis B, Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis, and Annual Influenza.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals of underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
Please note that all applicants require the right to work in Australia.
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