NAS student paramedic recruitment 2019

donottroll wrote: »

Anybody coming from a non medical background into the job?

I'm coming from non medical, I did the EMT course a few years back so have a little bit of a headstart.

Hi guys, I know there will be a while before they do another recruitment drive. I have my eye on applying when It does open again. I was just wondering will I be at a serious disadvantage as I have no “paramedic experience”. I have recently graduated with a science degree and have worked part time as I went along but no experience with in the sector. Will I still have a chance or would it be seen as necessary to get in as obviously there will be a lot of strong applicants. Any help is really appreciated !

Eoghan2410 wrote: »

Hi guys, I know there will be a while before they do another recruitment drive. I have my eye on applying when It does open again. I was just wondering will I be at a serious disadvantage as I have no “paramedic experience”. I have recently graduated with a science degree and have worked part time as I went along but no experience with in the sector. Will I still have a chance or would it be seen as necessary to get in as obviously there will be a lot of strong applicants. Any help is really appreciated !

You're not disadvantaged in anyway not coming from a prehospital, First Aid, responder background. Paramedicine is a science with practical hands on applications. You'll do fine as most of the students in each course are like yourself.

Thanks a mill for the reply’s guys. It’s something I’ll definately be applying for when it comes around ! Was something I always wanted to apply for once I had finished my degree but wasn’t sure would I immediately get disregarded for not having the prehospital backround. It’s really appreciated. Good luck to everyone involved atm !

tommyharper wrote: »

I was thinking the same, I think those with experience might become a bit complacent, sure I already know that kind of attitude. I'm hoping not being that guy though.

From what I hear they won't allow that happen

A little bit off topic here, trying to find information on career progression as a paramedic once qualified, anyone know if the NAS has SORT/HART teams or offer any training courses in this area. I've been doing a bit of research and it seems very interesting. I'm about ten steps ahead of myself here but sure have to ask.

MN_Medic wrote: »

Once qualified as a paramedic and after a period of time post qualication you can progress to the advanced Paramedic, community paramedic or critical care paramedic programs. You may need to be an AP to apply for critical care. There is an incident response team (IRT) who train with the gardai, coast guard etc. and are dispatched to serious and major incidents that require their expertise.

Thanks for the reply, that's exactly the information I was looking for.

donottroll wrote: »

Just to chime in on this. The competition for these roles is quite large.

It's not like the guards where there's many opportunities to get into. The ambulance service is quite small in comparison.

Sure as long as the opportunities are there, that's all you can ask for.

cathal1264 wrote: »

Thanks for bringing up critical care paramedic, iv been trying to research how to progress onto this once you become an AP and other aspects like is it a phd,what’s involved etc ...but there seems to be no info about it,could u shed some light on it ?

An internal recruitment is carried where qualified AP's can apply. The first critical care paramedic course started a few weeks ago and there is currently a recruitment for more at the moment. It's not a PhD but I am guessing it's a post graduate diploma year on top of the AP. As it's in it's infancy there is not allot of information available on it, however, a job specification was sent around, similar to the student paramedic recruitment document, and it's impressive and highly skilled.

Baby S 85 wrote: »

Just wondering if you have any information on the role/roles within the IRT.

I'm afraid I don't. Sorry

Hi all, is the next class from the existing panel due to start in Jan in Dublin also, or is it just Galway. Is this the last class to be sent through from the existing panel or is there another one after Jan? Thanks

I was talking with the shearwater hotel in ballinasloe earlier. They do a reduced rate for NAS Staff. A double room is 40e a night, assuming you are staying sunday/Monday through to Thursday night, breakfast is included on Wednesday and Thursday morning. You can purchase a dinner in the evening, this will cost 13e, usual supplements added for steak etc. They will open the pool up, depending on the numbers staying in the hotel.

A twin can be booked and its charged at 55e per night, divided by 2. Works out a small bit cheaper, if you can convince somebody to bunk in with you.

Eoi gone out for tullamore and Tallaght.... anybody any idea how many left on panel previous to the one from interviews earlier this week?

donottroll wrote: »

That was fast! Wonder what building in tullamore they're going to use.

Did anybody get a link emailed back to them for the garda vetting yet?

Yeah, I got my link back the 7th November, I submitted it and the received a email on Tuesday there to say it had been completed and submitted to the HSE