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ANZSCO 411112Updated 2026-01-29
Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic
National shortage level: Strong
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 140k
Weekly earnings: AUD 2690
Salary range: AUD 126k-AUD 154k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
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State distribution
44.2%
VIC
24.3%
NSW
12.5%
QLD
Education mix
47.5%
bachelor degree
26.2%
Post graduate
19.2%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedics provide intensive pre-hospital health care to injured, sick, infirm and aged persons and emergency transport to medical facilities.
What you do
- • Attends accidents, emergencies and requests for medical assistance and provides pre-hospital care.
- • Assesses health of patients, assesses need for assistance, specialised needs and factors affecting patients' conditions.
- • Performs therapies and administers drugs according to protocol.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (47.5%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Assesses health of patients, assesses need for assistance, specialised needs and factors affecting patients' conditions.
- • Attends accidents, emergencies and requests for medical assistance and provides pre-hospital care.
- • Attends events where accidents and other health emergencies may occur.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 2690
Annual median: AUD 140k
Range: AUD 126k-AUD 154k