This recording is from 2018 or earlier, prior to national registration for paramedics being implemented in Australia and Aotearoa. Please note that while there is some excellent content that pre-dates registration, some may be out of date or no longer relevant to current guidelines and standards.
Presented by Zoe Wooldridge The NSW Ambulance Healthy Workplace Strategies team will outline key strategies designed to continually improve the health and wellbeing of staff. Recognising that “prevention is better than cure” NSW Ambulance has come a long way in changing our approach to staff wellbeing, focusing on how best to support our people to not only survive, but thrive.
The presentation will cover pre-employment initiatives, core paramedic training and supporting our frontline staff. The presentation will discuss current challenges, the role of research partners and our future focus.
Zoe Wooldridge, Employee Mental Health & Resilience Program Coordinator, is a Registered Psychologist and has significant experience in the support and development of people focused programs and a background in human resources.
The College is the peak professional body representing and supporting paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973.
The College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land and sea in which we live and work, we recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and culture and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
The College acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
