
Paramedic Remote Hospitals, Camooweal Primary Health Clinic (PHC)
North West Hospital and Health Service
Posted 9 days ago
About the role
As the Paramedic Remote Hospitals, you'll play a vital role in delivering high quality healthcare across the Camooweal community and surrounding region. This is a unique opportunity to work across emergency care, primary healthcare, aged care and community outreach, applying advanced clinical judgement while working both autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Provide high-quality primary healthcare, emergency response and Hospital-Based Ambulance (HBA) services.
- Deliver comprehensive patient assessment, treatment and ongoing care while working confidently in a remote environment.
Working with us
- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options.
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
- Eligible Residents may also be able to access discounts starting from 20% off Qantas return fares from Mount Isa to their eligible city. Discounted fares for residents l Qantas AU
- Transfer and appointment expenses may be negotiated.
- We also offer staff accommodation options (if eligible).
Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
Requirements
- Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
- Applicants must have a minimum of three years, unrestricted patient-facing clinical experience as an independently qualified paramedic in roles.
- This position requires effective information technology skills to use clinical information systems and other applications relevant to role.
- Applicants must have, or be willing to obtain, a Queensland Light Rigid (LR) Driver Licence (for a manual motor vehicle) prior to appointment. Applicants who do not currently hold a manual LR Licence must have a minimum Queensland ‘C' Class Driver Licence (for a manual motor vehicle) - Refer to Role Description for further information.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
Please note this position will be employed under the Health Employment Directive No. 01/26 - Employment conditions for Paramedics, Remote Hospitals
About Camooweal
The lifestyle in Camooweal offers an experience unlike anywhere else. Located on the Queensland-Northern Territory border, you'll become part of a welcoming community where your work has a visible and lasting impact every day. Working in North West Queensland offers an incredible Outback lifestyle with stunning landscapes, unforgettable sunsets, fishing, camping and easy access to iconic destinations across Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Devashrii Dobe on 04•• ••• 851.
Applications close: Friday, 21 August 2026.
About North West Hospital and Health Service
Our vision
Healthier Queenslanders.
Our purpose
To provide leadership and direction, and to work collaboratively to ensure the health system to deliver quality services that are safe and responsive for Queenslanders.
Our responsibilities
The Department of Health's role include:
1.providing strategic leadership and direction for health through the development of policies, legislation and regulations
2.developing statewide plans for health services, workforce and major capital investment
3.managing major capital works for public sector health service facilities
4.purchasing health service delivery
5.supporting and monitoring the quality of health service delivery
6.delivering specialised health services, providing ambulance, health information and communication technology and statewide health support services.
Hospital and Health Services are independent statutory agencies responsible for their own strategic plans.
Our strategic objectives
1.Supporting Queenslanders to be healthier: promoting and protecting the health of Queenslanders
2.Enabling safe, quality services: delivering and enabling safe, clinically effective, high quality health services
3.Equitable health outcomes: improving health outcomes through better access to services for Queenslanders
4.High performance: responsive, dynamic and accountable management of the department, and of funding and service performance
5.Dynamic policy leadership: drive service improvement and innovation through a collaborative policy cycle
6.Broad engagement with partners: harnessing the skill and knowledge of our partners
7.Engaged and productive workforce: foster a culture that is vibrant, innovative and collaborative
Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website.