NSW Ambulance has today welcomed 157 new paramedic interns and 17 trainee emergency medical call takers, after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the largest induction held by NSW Ambulance so far this year, these new recruits will start their roles from tomorrow, further boosting frontline health services across the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new recruits joining the service come from a range of backgrounds and experiences, including paramedic intern Jayden McGrady, a former Australian water ski champion and trainee emergency medical call taker Rebekah Kirkman, a much-travelled mum of three. <\/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.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The emergency medical call takers will be posted to the Sydney and Northern (Newcastle) control centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Health, Ryan Park:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI congratulate these paramedics and control staff, for their dedication, compassion and desire to make a difference in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery call the new paramedic interns and emergency medical call takers respond to is an opportunity to make a difference and help those in our community in their most vulnerable moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNSW will benefit from the clinical skills and expertise these new recruits bring to the healthcare workforce.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Ambulance Chief Executive, Dr Dominic Morgan:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cParamedics and control staff are highly trained clinicians and coordinators, bringing advanced medical care to the patient, continually refining clinical skills and expertise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cParamedicine and control coordination demands precision, critical thinking and clinical excellence. Stay sharp, stay committed and always put patient care first.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jayden McGrady<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter my sporting career in water skiing, I often thought back to the medical support staff I encountered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am attracted to the variety and career opportunities of paramedicine.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rebekah Kirkman:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am excited to be joining NSW Ambulance, I thrive on being busy so a busy control room will be a great start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am very excited with where I am at, and I am looking forward to seeing where my career takes me.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NSW Ambulance has today welcomed 157 new paramedic interns and 17 trainee emergency medical call takers, after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony. Following the largest induction held by NSW Ambulance so far this year, these new recruits will start their roles from tomorrow, further boosting frontline health services across the … Continue reading “New intake of paramedics and control staff for 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-32195","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\/32195","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=32195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32196,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32195\/revisions\/32196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}