Employed
Ambulance Transport Officer
Becoming a Ambulance Transport Officer will provide a rewarding and fulfilling career that allows you to deliver a valuable service to many people within the community.
Employed
Becoming a Ambulance Transport Officer will provide a rewarding and fulfilling career that allows you to deliver a valuable service to many people within the community.
The Patient Transfer Service (PTS) at St John offers a varied service, with specialised staff that place an emphasis on customer care and service. PTS offers a quality and competitive service responding to pre-booked and on demand calls. We work in the public and private sectors, in partnership with local hospitals, medical centres and care facilities, as well as the general public.
A St John Ambulance Transport Officer role is more than just another job. This role requires compassion and a sense of community spirit while you deliver routine care and transportation for non-emergency patients to and from healthcare facilities, clinics and private residences.
Training is tailored to ensure that relevant skills and knowledge are refreshed.
Recruitment Process
The recruitment process assesses many areas including personality and behaviours, skills assessment and general capacity to fulfill the duties of the role.
To succeed in the role of Ambulance Transport Officer, you must have a strong desire to help others in need, possess excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, and have the ability to remain calm in varied and challenging situations.
Salary
Rates of pay for Ambulance Transport Officers are as follows:
Roster Mon - Fri 0600 & 1800 | Base Rate Weekly | Hourly rate | Excess Hours Penalty | Total Weekly | Total Annually | |
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1st Year | $1,076.92 | $28.34 | $124.97 | - | $1,201.89 | $62,698.64 |
2nd Year | $1,089.46 | $28.67 | $126.43 | - | $1,215.89 | $63,428.97 |
3rd Year | $1,100.48 | $28.96 | $127.70 | - | $1,228.18 | $64,040.10 |
5th Year | $1,122.14 | $29.53 | $130.22 | - | $1,252.36 | $65,331.49 |
CPHC Trainer | $1,440.58 | $37.91 | $167.17 | - | $1,607.75 | $83,871.01 |
Mon - Fri 1600 to 0030 | Base Rate Weekly | Hourly Rate | Excess Hours Penalty | Night Shift Penalty | Total Weekly | Total Annually |
1st Year | $1,076.92 | $28.34 | $124.97 | $119.03 | $1,320.92 | $68,908.04 |
2nd Year | $1,089.46 | $28.67 | $126.43 | $120.41 | $1,336.30 | $69,710.36 |
3rd Year | $1,100.48 | $28.96 | $127.70 | $121.63 | $1,349.81 | $70,415.13 |
5th Year | $1,122.14 | $29.53 | $130.22 | $124.03 | $1,376.39 | $71,801.72 |
Mon - Fri 1630 to 0100 | Base Rate Weekly | Hourly Rate | Excess Hours Penalty | Night Shift Penalty | Total Weekly | Total Annually |
1st Year | $1,076.92 | $28.34 | $124.97 | $129.66 | $1,331.55 | $69,462.57 |
2nd Year | $1,089.46 | $28.67 | $126.43 | $131.17 | $1,347.06 | $71,271.67 |
3rd Year | $1,100.48 | $28.96 | $127.70 | $132.49 | $1,360.67 | $70,981.66 |
5th Year | $1,122.14 | $29.53 | $130.22 | $135.10 | $1,387.46 | $72,379.21 |
Mon - Fri 1300 to 2130 | Base Rate Weekly | Hourly Rate | Excess Hours Penalty | Night Shift Penalty | Total Weekly | Total Annually |
1st Year | $1,076.92 | $28.34 | $124.97 | $55.26 | $1,257.15 | $65,581.37 |
2nd Year | $1,089.46 | $28.67 | $126.43 | $55.91 | $1,271.80 | $66,345.61 |
3rd Year | $1,100.48 | $28.96 | $127.70 | $56.47 | $1,284.65 | $67,015.95 |
5th Year | $1,122.14 | $29.53 | $130.22 | $57.58 | $1,309.94 | $68,335.25 |
Mon - Fri 1400 to 2230 | Base Rate Weekly | Hourly Rate | Excess Hours Penalty | Night Shift Penalty | Total Weekly | Total Annually |
1st Year | $1,076.92 | $28.34 | $124.97 | $76.52 | $1,278.41 | $66,690.43 |
2nd Year | $1,089.46 | $28.67 | $126.43 | $77.41 | $1,293.30 | $67,467.19 |
3rd Year | $1,100.48 | $28.96 | $127.70 | $78.19 | $1,306.37 | $68,149.01 |
5th Year | $1,122.14 | $29.53 | $130.22 | $79.73 | $1,332.09 | $69,490.74 |
Weekends only | Base Rate Weekly | Hourly Rate | Weekend Penalty | Total Weekly | Total Annually | |
1st Year | $481.78 | $28.34 | - | $301.11 | $782.89 | $40,840.79 |
2nd Year | $487.39 | $28.67 | - | $304.62 | $792.01 | $41,316.55 |
3rd Year | $492.32 | $28.96 | - | $307.70 | $800.02 | $41,734.40 |
5th Year | $502.01 | $29.53 | - | $313.76 | $815.77 | $42,556.03 |
Mental Health Transport Officer | Base Rate Weekly | Hourly Rate | Excess Hours Penalty | Weekend Penalty | Total Weekly | Total Annually |
MHTO | $1,103.14 | $29.03 | $200.93 | $240.86 | $1,544.93 | $80,593.90 |
Roster
Full-time Transport Officers will be required to work an average of 42.5 hours per week across 5 shifts of 8.5 hours each, Monday to Friday. Weekly hours compromise of 38 ordinary hours and 4.5 reasonable additional hours.