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Ambulance Paramedic *

Last modified: November 07, 2011, 01:26 PM
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This is an ideal career for intuitive thinkers. Ambulance Paramedics provide pre-hospital emergency care and treatment of patients. You use medical knowledge and skills to treat injured and ill patients in the pre-hospital environment. You work in teams, in shifts and closely with members of other professions and emergency services such as fire fighters, police and SES.

Typical Career Progression

You have the opportunity to undertake training to develop further skills and knowledge and state associations offer appropriately qualified employees the chance to undertake training in areas such as Urban Search and Rescue, Bicycle Response, Marine Search and Rescue and Aeromedical Rescue.

Ambulance Victoria also employs paramedics in a range of clinical, management and training roles.  With further training and study, some positions an Ambulance Paramedic can move into include but not limited to:

Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic (MICA)

  • MICA Paramedics are experienced senior clinicians who assess and manage seriously injured or ill patients where a higher level of pre-hospital clinical expertise and knowledge are required. 

Clinical Instructor (CI)

  • The Clinical Instructor performs an essential training role in ensuring AV delivers a high quality service.  Under the direction of the Team Manager/Station Officer the CI has responsibility for the day–to-day on road training of the student Paramedic or student MICA.

Team Manager/Station Officer

  • Team Manager/Station Officers are responsible for the day to day clinical and operational performance of their teams.  Paramedic team and MICA teams are lead by Team Manager/Station Officers. Team Manager/Station Officers are the frontline of the AV management team and receive training in management and coaching. 

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