Ambulance Tasmania is recruiting for an Assistant Director - Operations.

In accordance with Tasmanian Public Health Directions, Health Workers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to 8 January 2022. Applicants are advised that the Public Health Direction applies to all employees of the Department of Health. This step is critical in protecting both our health workforce and vulnerable Tasmanians in our care.

Salary: $161,210 pro rata, per annum.

Classification: Ambulance Manager Level 3 B

Award: Ambulance Tasmania Agreement 2019 and Tasmanian Ambulance Service Award

Period of Employment/Hours: Permanent, full-time, day work (with on-call) working 76 hours per fortnight commencing ASAP. Please also note that this process may be used to fill permanent and fixed term opportunities that arise in the near future.

Location: South

Duties:

• Ensure provision of a high standard of patient care to people located within the region and/or neighbouring regions as required.

• Be accountable for all financial, administrative, and operational functions and resources within the region in the provision of ambulance and non-emergency patient transport services according to AT and Department of Health (DoH) policy and relevant legislation.

• Establish consistent Statewide regional procedures and provide input to strategic planning. • Monitor standards of performance, including ambulance response performance and quality assurance within the region.

• Provide reports and other information as required by the Director - Operations, as well as responding to Ministerial and Departmental briefing requests in a timely manner.

Essential Requirements:

• Registered with the Paramedicine Board of Australia.

• Holds a Bachelor of Paramedic Science or other qualification approved by the Service and relevant work experience with an additional qualification in management or equivalent.

• Current Driver’s Licence.

Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

Position Features:

• Ambulance Tasmania is committed to promoting a positive workplace culture.

• The positions are based in Hobart, Launceston, and Burnie.

• Intra and interstate travel is a requirement of these positions.

Apply Online at www.jobs.tas.gov.au and search 510724.

Applications will only be accepted online. This ensures important questions about you are answered. We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide and Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Please complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties and attach your resume. Please note that 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 for two referees before applying.

For further information contact:

Joe Acker

Chief Executive - Ambulance Tasmania

Phone: (03) 6166 1953

Email: joe.acker@ambulance.tas.gov.au