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MAKE A LEGENDARY MOVE Every day is different as a St John WA paramedic, and we have multiple opportunities available for qualified and experienced Ambulance Paramedics to come join us in beautiful Western Australia. The offer: • Visa application support • Paid for one-way economy airline ticket • Accommodation upon arrival to Western Australia • Additional relocation costs covered The location: • Diverse landscape means diverse daily routine • Safe and stable economy • Over two-thirds of the year is beautifully clear and sunny • Incredible work/life balance with world-class dining, festivals and more Don’t have current Australian working rights? No problem! For candidates to successfully be employed as an Ambulance Paramedic, they must meet the following minimum requirements: • Professional registration as a Paramedic with the Paramedicine Board of Australia (AHPRA) or willingness to obtain. • Recent experience employed and working within a jurisdictional ambulance service in Australia or internationally (St John New Zealand or London Ambulance Service for example) as a paramedic for at least two years. • Hold a full driver’s license with no restrictions. Successful candidates are required to obtain a light rigid driver’s license within the first six months of employment. Costs associated with obtaining the required driver’s license are the responsibility of the candidate. • Candidates that do not hold current Australian working rights, must meet the visa eligibility requirements, as outlined by the Department of Home Affairs. Ready to make a legendary move? Go on, a career with loads of diversity and an amazing lifestyle is waiting! Search stjohnwa.com.au/directentry Scan to learn more:
NEWLINE each other and EEAST are so supportive in allowing me time to conduct my military exercises. “The military has helped me gain confidence and grow into an individual with integrity and discipline. This has helped me in my civilian role as a paramedic as I have the confidence to air my opinions, and act as a better advocate for my patients. I have also developed my trauma skills greatly, which I have utilised when attending patients and mentoring students and colleagues. I have evolved from a timid young individual to a confident and knowledgeable clinician.” Pioneering mental health joint response unit shortlisted for prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards A ground-breaking scheme at London Ambulance Service (LAS) which pairs a mental health professional with a paramedic to treat people experiencing a mental health crisis has been shortlisted for the prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards. The Service’s mental health joint response unit allows a more tailored response to a patient’s mental and physical needs, ensuring vulnerable patients get the treatment they need at home or through local community services, and wherever possible avoids unnecessary visits to hospital emergency departments. More than 17,000 people have been helped by this specialised team since January 2020 when the service expanded across the capital. Ensuring equity of access to care is a key focus at LAS and, thanks to the expertise of this joint team, just 16% of patients experiencing a mental health crisis have needed to be taken to an emergency department. Alison Blakely, Director of Clinical Pathways and Clinical Transformation at London Ambulance Service, said: “I’m delighted that the team have been nominated for their incredible work. Thanks to their expertise, we can ensure that we can provide a response that meets each patients’ individual needs and sees their mental health treated with the same level of importance as their physical wellbeing. “This importantly helps patients receive the best possible care away from busy emergency departments that may not be conductive to their recovery.” The unit, which was launched as a single car in south east London in November 2018 before expanding to six response cars, was nominated for the honour by eight London MPs. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP, Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Labour MP for Tooting, who nominated the team for the award, said: “I am thrilled to see the London Ambulance Service’s mental health joint response unit has been shortlisted for an award. Every patient deserves the very best standard of care, and through this team, patients experiencing a mental health crisis are being directed to the services that work best for them. This is a well-deserved recognition of the brilliant efforts that these mental health professionals put in every day.” Members of the mental health team also work in our 999 control rooms, supporting colleagues answering calls from members of the public who are experiencing a mental health crisis, guiding teams who are dispatching LAS crews to patients, and providing patients with direct telephone assessments. The team works closely with local mental health trusts to ensure the patients they support receive the care they need from community services in the most efficient way possible. The scheme has benefited from close collaboration between LAS and mental health trusts to ensure the patient gets the right care in the right place, first time. The NHS Parliamentary Awards launched in 2018 to celebrate the NHS’ 70 birthday and recognise the outstanding contribution of staff, volunteers and others working in the health and care sector. Now in its sixth year, the awards have been an overwhelming success with more than 700 nominations being submitted by over half of MPs representing constituencies in England last year alone. The MPs who nominated the mental health response team are: Ellie Reeves (Labour, Lewisham West and Penge), Lyn Brown (Labour, West Ham), Sir Keir Starmer (Labour, Holborn and St Pancras), Catherine West (Labour, Hornsey and Wood Green), Feryal Clark (Labour, Enfield North), Stephen Hammond (Conservative, Wimbledon), Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour, Tooting) and Marsha De Cordova (Labour, Battersea). The winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on the health service’s 75th anniversary on Wednesday 5 July 2023, to which all nominees, their relevant MPs and other key figures will be invited. The ceremony will be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster. SECAmb thanks colleagues and their families this Armed Forces Day South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) would like to pay tribute and thank all colleagues and their families with links to the armed forces. The Trust is proud to have close links with the armed forces with of its staff and volunteers either having served in a previous career or continuing to serve as a reservist alongside their ambulance service role. SECAmb signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant in 2018. The covenant is a commitment to member of the reserves, armed forces, veterans, or family members and outlines how the Trust will support them, officially, as a military-friendly employer. Further details on the covenant can be found on the Trust’s website here: Armed Forces Covenant - NHS South East Coast Ambulance Service (secamb.nhs.uk) In 2022, SECAmb was proud to achieve an Armed Forces Silver Award. The award is a progression on the Bronze Award it was granted in 2018/19 and is evidence of the Trust’s commitment to employing and supporting those with a current or previous role in the armed forces. SECAmb Chief Executive, Simon Weldon, said: “I would like to thank each and every colleague who has a previous link to the armed forces or who is a reservist. We are proud of our strong links with the AMBULANCE UK – AUGUST For further recruitment vacancies visit: www.ambulanceukonline.com 25
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