Community and Primary Care Paramedic
Applications close 11.59pm Friday 21 January 2022

Located across Baw Baw and Latrobe LGA's, full-time/part-time/casual available, permanent

About the opportunity

• We believe that the paramedic workforce will work amazingly well in a primary health setting – Do you? If so we would love to hear from you.
• Join a health care provider who is innovative, forward thinking and wants to make a difference for its community.
• Help us be a pioneer of a new health workforce initiative, which sees paramedics firmly embedded in primary health.
• Total remuneration package of $75,172 (Graduate) up to $94,188 (depending on experience) per annum including superannuation and the full optional benefit of salary packaging.

This role offers diversity and opportunities to develop your existing paramedic skills. Functions may include wound care, medication supervision and administration, palliative care, catheter care, drain management, PICC and Port care, syringe driver loading, as well as providing health education, health promotion, assisting clients with goal achievement, care planning and care coordination within the Latrobe catchment area.

We are excited to be a part of a rapidly changing health environment and invite you to join us for the ride.

To be successful, you will require:

• Registration with the Paramedicine Board of Australia
• Minimum Diploma level in Paramedical Science or similar plus additional qualification and relevant work experience (preference is Bachelor of Paramedic Science)
• Current Victorian Drivers Licence
• Latrobe Community Health Service complies with infectious disease control and immunisation requirements under legislation. This position is classified as a Health Care Worker A. Evidence of immunisation history and any mandated government vaccinations e.g. COVID 19 must be provided prior to confirmed appointment unless otherwise medically exempt (evidence of medical exemption must be supplied).

For more information regarding the opportunity, please contact:

Karen Pettifer, Integrated Primary Health Service Manager West (Baw Baw), or Rupa Sharma, Manager Integrated Primary Health Service Central (Latrobe) on 1800 242 696.

General enquiries can also be directed to:

Jacqueline Hampson, Onboarding Team Leader on 03 5136 5371.

At Latrobe Community Health Service we want to help you get back to what matters. See the full position description and apply.

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