Originally Posted by I wan tee go oz (Post 9164979)

Visas granted!!! :thumbsup:
Fly out in 5 weeks, ready to start work early April :eek:

Happy days! :D

Hope everyone else getting on ok!

Originally Posted by eddie007 (Post 9171447)

SJA WA...


Taxi!
;)

Originally Posted by John_R (Post 9165398)

Excellent news mate, well done :thumbsup:


John

Originally Posted by I wan tee go oz (Post 9171536)

Same as the UK then? :rofl:

Originally Posted by Para199 (Post 9171604)

Would rather not be in the Cities.... rural will suit me fine....!

Originally Posted by Para199 (Post 9171290)

Hi All,

I am a UK Paramedic (2 yrs post qual) with Clinical Tutorship experience looking at SJA in WA over the next two years or so. Just sticking my head in to say hello, and monitoring all this for future reference!

Dave:thumbup:

Originally Posted by Para199 (Post 9173013)

Thanks all,

No, I don't fly planes.... have fallen out of a couple though. Bigger rural would be fine, just not really a city person.

A colleague of mine is on her way over for a career break with SJA for 18 months, and we will be flying over for a holiday later this year.

Would love to drop everything and run now, but everything takes time! Plus the fact that my main breadwinner and better half has to finish off her contract here...

Dave

Originally Posted by holly32 (Post 9178099)

This is probably a stupid question and I am expecting the answer to be no but do the Australian ambulance services (in any state) except oversees applicants onto their trainee schemes in order to become a paramedic.

I currently have no qualifications in this area. I would be looking to move over in about 1.5 years when I am finished my current degree in college. By then I would be able to complete a private EMT course and have some experience with a voluntary ambulance service.


Thanks

Originally Posted by I wan tee go oz (Post 9059707)

Hi, Ukparamedic818 and rootbeerfloat.

Telephone interview wasn't as bad as I thought, was a bit of a crackly line with a slight delay and I could hear my voice echo down the line :rofl:

There were 2 or 3 asking q's, clinical management such as how would you deal with a given scenario, there are also q's such as why do you want to be a para etc. Pretty much the ususal stuff. Didn't have any problem with language barrier, they said we don't need to know their scope of practice, had a feeling they knew ours, eg JRCALC, and expect us to know it well!
Was well explained beforehand!
After phone interview it was medical/fitness test then psychometric testing, and finished with a teleconference/webcam interview all spread over 2 months.

They seem v.good at getting things sorted and e-mailed me often.

Hope thats helped you, and happy xmas to you all :)