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• Salary: ESS1.1-2.1 / $70,315.00 - $94,306.00 p.a.
• Full Time / Ongoing
• Metropolitan Adelaide

About Us:

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.

We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.

Our Vision: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.

Our Mission: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.

Our Purpose: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

Our Values:

PATIENT FOCUSED: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

TEAMWORK: We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.

INTEGRITY AND HONESTY: We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

RESPECT AND COURTESY: We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

CHANGE READY: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: We will support leadership development for our people at every level.

What We Offer:

• Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity.
• Giving back to the people of South Australia! Play a vital role in enhancing the well-being of our community.
• We take care of you! Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs!

Key Responsibilities: 

• Assess, treat and provide patient care within clinical scope, applying appropriate treatment pathways and monitoring during transport to achieve positive clinical outcomes
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments including medical history, observations and diagnostic tests to formulate provisional diagnoses for treatment decisions
• Maintain clinical competencies and authority to practice through ongoing professional development, workshops and assessments as required by SA Ambulance Service
• Manage resources effectively including vehicles, medical equipment and supplies while ensuring compliance with performance standards and safe transport to appropriate health facilities
• Establish professional relationships with healthcare stakeholders including hospital and nursing home staff, while providing mentorship to less experienced colleagues and students
• Comply with occupational health and safety requirements, follow safe work procedures, report hazards promptly and participate in counter disaster activities and emergency response training

Application Information:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role. 
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/or additional relevant history screening that may be applicable and appropriate Immunisation screening. 
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job ref: 921102
Enquiries to: Antonio Meli, Operations Manager ESS/MH Core - 0428 976 793 / antonio.meli@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 18 November 2025 @ 11:55pm

Attachments

 Emergency Support Services [ESS] - Ambulance Officer - Role Description V12.pdf

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