NSW Ambulance has welcomed 23 new paramedic interns and 21 trainee emergency medical call takers after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony at the State Operations Centre in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They join 495 paramedics and 117 emergency medical call-takers who have begun roles with NSW Ambulance this year so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These new recruits will further boost frontline health services across the state, when they start their roles from Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new recruits joining the service come with a range of backgrounds and experience, including Paramedic Intern Rebecca Olds was inspired to join NSW Ambulance following a horse-riding accident involving her mother which NSW Ambulance paramedics responded to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The paramedic interns will be posted across NSW to complete the on-road portion of their 12-month internships before taking permanent positions in metropolitan and regional areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The emergency medical call takers will be posted to the Sydney, Northern and Western Triple Zero (000) control centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minns Labor Government is committed to supporting our paramedic workforce, investing in a record pay increase for paramedics in December making them among the highest paid in the country and rolling out of 500 additional paramedics in regional, rural and remote communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Health, Ryan Park:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “These graduates will be joining a cohort of paramedics and emergency call-takers who serve as a lifeline for many in their moments of need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They will bring dedication and skill to their work, providing vital support and care to the people of NSW when they need it most.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Ambulance Chief Executive Dr Dominic Morgan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Congratulations to our newest graduates. Today, you join a proud tradition of service in NSW Ambulance, ready to make a real difference in the lives of those you will care for. Your journey is just beginning, and we are excited to see the impact you will have on our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I want to acknowledge the tremendous effort each of our graduates has put into their training. Thank you for your commitment, and welcome to NSW Ambulance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paramedic Intern, Rebecca Olds:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNSW Ambulance is the service that helped me and my family – I want to help the community that helped me when I needed it most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NSW Ambulance has welcomed 23 new paramedic interns and 21 trainee emergency medical call takers after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony at the State Operations Centre in Sydney. They join 495 paramedics and 117 emergency medical call-takers who have begun roles with NSW Ambulance this year so far. These new … Continue reading “More paramedics and call takers to join NSW Ambulance”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30036,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30035\/revisions\/30036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}