NSW Ambulance has today welcomed 116 new paramedic interns and 24 trainee emergency medical call takers, after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These new recruits will commence 12 months on-road placements to consolidate their training, prior to permanent postings across metropolitan and regional NSW, boosting frontline health services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Ambulance has welcomed 466 new recruits so far this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new recruits joining the service come from a range of backgrounds and experiences, including paramedic intern Paris Alcorn who is fulfilling a long-held ambition to be a paramedic, and trainee emergency medical call taker Melissa Moore, who has previously worked as a neonatal nurse and volunteer firefighter, while juggling being a mother-of-four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The emergency call takers will be posted to the Northern, Western and Sydney control centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Health, Ryan Park:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDuring my time as Health Minister I\u2019ve met many paramedics, both in larger metro areas and the bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhether they\u2019re based in Wollongong, Broken Hill, Dungog, Kingscliff, Randwick or Liverpool they\u2019re some of the most valued members of their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA career of service, like the one these 140 graduates are embarking on today is incredibly rewarding, and I wish them the very best as they head out across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Ambulance Chief Executive, Dr Dominic Morgan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese paramedics and control centre interns are stepping into a role that demands not just clinical skill, but compassion, resilience, and courage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhether responding to emergencies or supporting community healthcare, these graduates will become an integral part of NSW Ambulance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paris Alcorn:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI knew my future profession would be in healthcare as a paramedic – a profession underpinned by kindness and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSpending time working as a teacher\u2019s aide for children with autism, showed me how even the simplest of kind acts make such a difference to people in need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Melissa Moore:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCombining my love of healthcare and emergency services, I am very excited to be working in ambulance control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKnowing I am that first contact for people in need, will be very rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NSW Ambulance has today welcomed 116 new paramedic interns and 24 trainee emergency medical call takers, after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony. These new recruits will commence 12 months on-road placements to consolidate their training, prior to permanent postings across metropolitan and regional NSW, boosting frontline health services. NSW Ambulance … Continue reading “NSW Ambulance welcomes new paramedics and control staff”<\/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-32727","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\/32727","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=32727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32728,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32727\/revisions\/32728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}