holsie0

Cheers Millie, anyone know where I can get some of this for the 28th!!!

holsie0

Ok time for a hijack
Keep reading that placements might be easier if areas beyond CBD are considered.
Anyone looked at areas around Brisbane Awaiting replies from friends regarding locations in relation to stations but has anyone got any good sources of research. Have already used ourbrisbane.com but does not really give much info and as one of the questions they ask seems to be preference of employment location want to be sure before committing
I want nice,cheap and problem freeif there is such a thing xx

fa kin su pa

Cheers.

Easy reading then

jackhigh

OH is a brit paramedic working for QAS. Yes, it's still used in QAS as the standard pain relief. Stopped using entonox here some time ago as it was considered too costly!!!!!

QAS is considered by many brit paras here as being a bit of a backward ambo service and for some its very frustrating.

As one brit para said ''its nothing like they said it would be and its not ticking many of my boxes''

My advise to anyone thinking of coming to work for QAS would be, be prepared, before you come do as much homework about living here as you can, about where you might be stationed in QLD, living/housing costs (I personally think its no cheaper here than in the uk) leaving family and friends etc. Really think hard about what your'e leaving behind in the uk. We know a family (husband offered a job) who were coming without doing a reccie first (as alot of you are) but did decide to come out and see(minus the kids)the area where they were going to be living but after coming out the wife realised she couldn't live here and Oz wasn't for her.
So please, just be very sure about what your'e doing

Anyway, less of that, and good luck to all at interviews

Pollyana

Other threads on this very forum are a good source of info. If you search for individual suburbs I think most of them have been covered by now to some extent or another.

fa kin su pa

Thats great thanks for the info

Pollyana

Very good post, and the points can apply to anyone coming over on a sponsored visa. Just because the job is sorted doesn't mean everything else will be a bed of roses.Think hard before you plunge in.

The Pink Panther

I agree. (and anyone who likes Ritchie Blackmore is obviously sound!) Anyone coming over will undoubtedly be a little surprised if they haven't done sufficient research. It does seem surreal because we drive on the same side of the road and speak a variation of the same language but remember this is still a 'foreign' country! Things will be different whilst appearing very familiar. As far as the job goes, it carries the same type of core work (dependant on where you are posted of course!), similar challenges and all the same gripes and groans that you had in the UK. But, as has been said SOOOOOO many times on here, remember why you are coming. Predominantly it will be for the lifestyle, not the utopia of a working community where everything is peacocks and water features!

Queenslanders (in my experience and opinion) are very friendly, helpful and good folks. The country is beautiful with beaches like you have never seen, mountains that are breathtaking and a pace of life that we have certainly adapted to.

yes there are rough areas but still not as rough as those I have experienced in the UK. I left a car in a supposedly low socio-economic area with the window down for 6 whole days and it wasn't touched. My partner feels safe even out and about on her own and I haven't yet been threatened whilst on the job (oo er!) which was an almost daily occurrence in England.

We have been here for just about 5 months now and I still can't stop smiling despite several ongoing issues with family etc. We made the right choice and I'm sure that once you get here, given enough time and a willingness to make it work, that you will all feel the same. I certainly hope so. The main problem is that no-one understands my accent and they keep taking the mickey!!!

If anyone wants any more info from me, please PM and I'll get back to you.

This is a great part of the world, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

just my opinion folks.....

Keebs

[QUOTE=The Pink Panther;5580414]I agree. (and anyone who likes Ritchie Blackmore is obviously sound!) Anyone coming over will undoubtedly be a little surprised if they haven't done sufficient research. It does seem surreal because we drive on the same side of the road and speak a variation of the same language but remember this is still a 'foreign' country! Things will be different whilst appearing very familiar. As far as the job goes, it carries the same type of core work (dependant on where you are posted of course!), similar challenges and all the same gripes and groans that you had in the UK. But, as has been said SOOOOOO many times on here, remember why you are coming. Predominantly it will be for the lifestyle, not the utopia of a working community where everything is peacocks and water features!

Queenslanders (in my experience and opinion) are very friendly, helpful and good folks. The country is beautiful with beaches like you have never seen, mountains that are breathtaking and a pace of life that we have certainly adapted to.

yes there are rough areas but still not as rough as those I have experienced in the UK. I left a car in a supposedly low socio-economic area with the window down for 6 whole days and it wasn't touched. My partner feels safe even out and about on her own and I haven't yet been threatened whilst on the job (oo er!) which was an almost daily occurrence in England.

We have been here for just about 5 months now and I still can't stop smiling despite several ongoing issues with family etc. We made the right choice and I'm sure that once you get here, given enough time and a willingness to make it work, that you will all feel the same. I certainly hope so. The main problem is that no-one understands my accent and they keep taking the mickey!!!

If anyone wants any more info from me, please PM and I'll get back to you.

This is a great part of the world, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

just my opinion folks.....

I 2nd that mate ;-)

padicman

Hi anyone had their interview yet in London ??

holsie0

Guess all still in shock or enjoying the sights

mille777

Ambo chief's travel costs queried

Courier Mail, November 18, 2007

THE boss of the beleaguered ambulance service spent almost $50,000 jetting around the world in business class last financial year to deliver a swag of speeches about his organisation.

Queensland Ambulance Service commissioner Jim Higgins delivered orations in Holland and England, and two in China while paramedics back home were busy working stints as long as 36 hours straight.

Mr Higgins also attended a meeting in New Zealand, reviewed biosurveillance capacity in Denmark and facilitated procedure reviews and staff recruitment in Britain.

His $47,566 travel bill is in contrast to the unstamped passport of Fire & Rescue Commissioner Lee Johnson and Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson who spent $6500 attending two conferences in NZ.

The release of the figures in the Department of Emergency Services 2006-07 annual report, comes as auditors complete an internal review amid concerns record QAS funding is not reaching paramedics.

QAS deputy commissioner Neil Kirby notched up a $14,670 tab on two trips as part of the $166,000 overseas travel bill for management, blamed partly on a British recruitment drive that has netted an extra 59 paramedics.

Mr Higgins yesterday said his larger bill was out of the ordinary but the speeches were a positive investment for Queensland in developing and nurturing lucrative relationships.

"I'm sure that there is a perception that this is travel for anything but work but I can assure you this was business and important work for the QAS," he said.

"I get invited very often to do presentations in many parts of the world but very few I accept."

But Opposition emergency services spokesman Ted Malone said the largesse was largely unjustified and showed why an independent inquiry of the QAS was needed.

"We've been up against Mr Higgins in estimate hearings and I can tell you he wasn't that impressive as a speaker," Mr Malone said.

Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts said overseas travel by QAS staff for the recruitment drive would include a further 100 interviews.

"The Queensland Ambulance Service is employing an additional 250 ambulance officers this financial year," Mr Roberts said.

"The appointment of these additional ambulance officers will further boost the delivery of the ambulance services across Queensland."

fa kin su pa

So is this a good thing or bad thing for us guy's who want to go to Oz Is that saying they will not employ UK Paramedics so they can save money or is that saying they will employ 250 UK Paramedics next year to justify spending the money on recruiting from the UK

Pollyana

Its a bad thing because of all the reports we had to write last week justifying any travel done by our guys! I guess the bit about him flying business class would've gone down well in the Courier Mail. Can't even speculate on our figures obviously, and I didn't see the final reports, but I'd say you could bet your visa they were a lot lower than QAS.

scottie

Hi Guy's, yes, have been 4 mine and still standing. They were very nice. Pool of between 2 and 3 interviewers. They were prety relaxed.....i wasn'tInterviews not 2 bad with pretty straight questions. If you go over your Paramedic stuff you be fine. Loads of different questions. Don't think anyone been asked the same 1 twice How has everyone else got on? Really good luck 2 those still to have theirs. No jobs till after July as is next years budget but at least lets everyone get organised 2 go.