Project Development Officer (Education & Training) and Clinical Mentor

We’re looking for a Project Development Officer (Education & Training) and Clinical Mentor who can live and volunteer for 6 months in Vanuatu. 

• This assignment seeks to 1) complete the clinical and educational content for ProMedical's training pathway (i.e., Diploma of Prehospital Emergency Care and its exit pathways) leaving a sustainable in-house capacity for ongoing delivery of the programme.i.e., Diploma of Prehospital Emergency Care and its exit pathways) leaving a sustainable in-house capacity for ongoing delivery of the programme. 2) provide clinical mentorship and clinical instruction, assisting ProMedical's local paramedical staff through their clinical progression, as per their logbooks and individual educational objectives.
• To be considered for this role, you’ll need a Bachelor of Paramedicine (or equivalent), current Paramedic Registration with AHPRA, a minimum of 3 years experience with jurisdictional emergency ambulance service (or equivalent), experience as a trainer, educator, clinical instructor or preceptor, experience working in developing, low-resource, or austere health systems
• You will be working alongside and small but dedicated paramedics and support staff in achieving the assignment objectives 

About the partner organisation 

ProMedical is a small, non-governmental organisation, running emergency ambulance, aeromedical retrieval, and health system capacity building services in Vanuatu.

ProMedical is the primary provider of prehospital emergency care in Vanuatu, operating under a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Health and essentially functioning as the defacto public service.

Together with its sister organisation, ProRescue, the aim is to provide a high-quality emergency care and rescue service to the people of Vanuatu and its guests, whilst assisting in the wider development of Vanuatu's health system and its clinicians.

About the Australian Volunteers Program  

The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian government-funded initiative. We support partner organisations across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa to achieve locally led change.  

Volunteers are supported throughout their volunteer journey. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds and abilities to volunteer and aim to make the program as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you have accessibility requirements, please contact us to discuss how we can support you to volunteer with us - [email protected]. Learn more about our commitment to inclusion.