• Salary: MDP2G $89,253.00 - $144,291.00p.a.
• Salary: MDP3G $148,753.00 – $154,702.00 p.a.
• Full Time / Term Contract (Up until 1 February 2026)
• 5950 / Adelaide Airport

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.
The Retrieval Fellow Med STAR Kids will respond by road vehicle, turbo prop fixed wing aircraft or helicopter and will bring experience in neonatal and paediatric critical care medical disciplines to patients in inter-facility transport and retrieval environments. The Retrieval Fellow Med STAR Kids may also participate in patient retrieval and repatriation utilising jet fixed wing and commercial airlines.
The Retrieval Fellow Med STAR Kids will work with an experienced Neonatal and Paediatric Retrieval Nurse to deliver high quality, patient focussed care to critically ill or injured children and neonates.
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:
Perform clinical duties for the retrieval service, including participating in operational retrieval shift rosters, stabilizing and safely transporting critically ill/injured children and neonates, and writing clear documentation and records.

Ensure all SAAS Med STAR clinical equipment is in a state of readiness by participating in equipment checking procedures, understanding equipment functions, knowing emergency pack contents and uses, troubleshooting problems, participating in equipment restoration, and communicating any equipment issues.

Participate and provide leadership in SAAS Med STAR's audit and quality assurance processes, including reviewing work practices, aiming for improved quality, entering clinical and operational data, participating in case review meetings, contributing to policy and procedure development, initiating and leading research projects, and reviewing and reporting incidents.

Participate in SAAS Med STAR's education program, including neonatal and pediatric intensive care education programs and specific retrieval medicine training courses.

Comply with and utilize procedures, policies, regulations, and standards that impact the position, such as human resource management requirements, workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity, and anti-discrimination policies.

Promote a positive image of SA Ambulance Service's emergency retrieval portfolio (SAAS Med STAR) by fostering professionalism, integrity, integration, innovation, collaboration, and teamwork, contributing to the well-being of South Australians through participation in counter disaster activities, and contributing to the promotion and implementation of general public sector management aims, personnel management standards, and employee conduct standards.
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: 882337
Enquiries to: Bron Hennebry, Head of Unit Med STAR Kids
08 8274 5005 / bron.hennebry@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: Thursday, 14 November 2024
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