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It takes a special person to become a St John Ambulance Paramedic. They are courageous, caring, confident and patient. They put themselves on the front-line of pre-hospital medical care every day, making life changing decisions. If you have the qualities to join our team APPLY today.
Our paramedics and clinical volunteers provide emergency medical response across the state of Western Australia, an area that covers more than 2.5 million square kilometres or 33% of the total landmass of Australia.
The metropolitan ambulance service within the Perth metropolitan region is serviced by our highly trained and qualified paramedical team. Our larger regional centres are serviced by mixed crews consisting of career paramedics working with highly trained clinical volunteers. Crews consisting of clinical volunteers cover the remainder of the state.
For more information about Ambulance Services delivered by St John WA visit stjohnwa.com.au or view our 2019/2020 annual report.
Becoming a St John paramedic is more than just another job. Our paramedics are courageous, caring, confident, and patient. They put themselves on the front-line of pre-hospital medical care every day, making life-changing decisions. Our paramedics work collaboratively with the broader St John WA organisation and other health care and emergency services to provide quality, patient-centred care to the Western Australian community.
Throughout the recruitment process, assessments are undertaken to gain evidence of a candidate’s technical and behavioural competence. Successful candidates will demonstrate the following behaviours;
Our paramedics are trained to Advanced Life Support (ALS) level which allows them to provide exceptional emergency care to patients. They are able to insert an intravenous and intraosseous cannula (drips), administer a variety of medications, perform advanced airway management, give intravenous drug therapy for cardiac arrest patients, and intravenous fluids. Above all, our paramedics are responsive to the needs of the patient, administering time-critical interventions and transportation to specialist definitive care.
To view the full scope of practice that a St John Paramedic’s job entails, please click here.
Paramedics must be registered with the Paramedicine Board of Australia (the Board) and meet the Board's registration standards to practise in Australia. A public register of practitioners is managed by the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority (AHPRA).
For further information regarding paramedic registration, please visit the AHPRA website. Professional registration as a paramedic is a mandatory condition of employment as a paramedic.
For candidates to successfully be employed as an ambulance paramedic, they must meet the following minimum requirements;
Credentialing is a process of assessing and recognising the qualifications and experience of qualified paramedics.
During the credentialing process St John will review qualifications, registrations, scope of practice and relevant experience of qualified paramedic applicants. Following the credentialing process candidates will be graded as an Ambulance Paramedic (AP1) or Grade 2 Ambulance Officer.
Due to the visa eligibility criteria, candidates that do not hold Australian working rights will only be progressed if credentialed as an Ambulance Paramedic.
Candidates who do not meet the requirements of the credentialing process to become either an Ambulance Paramedic (AP1) or Grade 2 Ambulance Officer will be unsuccessful.
Unsuccessful candidates are invited to review and apply for other paramedical vacancy opportunities with St John Medical as either Industrial Paramedic or Contract Paramedic.
If candidates are graded as a Grade 2 Ambulance Officer and hold current Australian working rights, they may be offered employment as a Grade 2 Ambulance Officer. Upon acceptance and commencement, candidates will undertake the required induction and training requirements for direct entry Paramedics and Ambulance Officers.
Induction and Training- Ambulance Paramedics AP1 and Ambulance Officer Grade 2
Candidates will complete an induction program delivered by the College of Pre-hospital Care, located in Belmont.
Upon completion of the induction program, candidates will work on-road with a St John paramedic. Ambulance Paramedic’s will complete a four-week roster on -road under guidance of a paramedic mentor to familiarise themselves with on-road operations,
Ambulance Officer’s will complete 16 weeks of this mentoring. At the completion of the mentoring period, a report will be compiled regarding the candidates clinical, behavioural, and operational performance.
When the familiarisation process is complete, Ambulance Paramedics may be rostered with junior ambulance officers, where they will provide support and guidance with other ambulance paramedics.
A probationary period of 3 months will apply for all new employees commencing with our team as an Ambulance Paramedic or Grade 2 Ambulance Officer.
Want more information regarding the job role or a paramedical vacancy? Please email careers@stjohnwa.com.au or call 1800 086 751.
Internal opportunities
St John WA has many operational roles, outside of the traditional Paramedic position. Some of the positions that we offer to our internal Paramedics include, but are not limited to:
Recruitment Process
Upon the successful outcome of the job application, the candidate will be offered employment as a St John paramedic.
Need more information? Please email careers@stjohnwa.com.au or call 1800 086 751
Salary
When you become a member of the St John WA team, you’ll enjoy an innovative and professional working environment that recognises the importance of work/life balance. Our Ambulance Paramedics are rewarded with some of the best pay and conditions in Australia. Outlined below is the current remuneration schedule as outlined in the enterprise agreement.
Please see the table below for a pay scale commencing from the first year of paid employment:
| Position | Base rate weekly | Shift allowance weekly | Shift penalty weekly | Total weekly | Total annually |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulance Paramedic- AP1 | $1,526.57 | $487.09 | $40.17 | $2,053 | $107,141.73 |
| Ambulance Paramedic- AP2 | $1,607.14 | $512.80 | $42.29 | $2,162.24 | $112,796.72 |
| Ambulance Paramedic -AP3 | $1,688.04 | $538.61 | $44.42 | $2,271.08 | $118.474.66 |
Ambulance Paramedic AP1 will move to the classification of Ambulance Paramedic AP2 after the completion of 3 years’ as an Ambulance Paramedic AP1.
Ambulance Paramedic AP2 will move to the classification of Ambulance Paramedic AP3 after 4 years’ as an Ambulance Paramedic AP2.
In addition, employees can access benefits such as salary packaging, a $550 per annum health and wellbeing reimbursement, top-up superannuation opportunities, health insurance and consumer discounts and much more. To view the Ambulance Officer/Paramedic enterprise agreement click here.
Roster
Candidates must be willing to undertake rotating shift work including morning, afternoon and night shifts inclusive of public holidays and weekends. Currently our paramedics are required to work 2 days, 2 nights, followed by 4 days off. Candidates may be deployed to any depot within the metropolitan region, and this location may rotate.
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