Bachelor of Paramedic Science (Northern Territory)

This course will have a new name and SATAC code for 2024 - the Bachelor of Paramedicine (Northern Territory) (244975).

This course is only available to applicants eligible under the remote and outer regional sub quota, Indigenous sub quota and/or the St John Ambulance Australia (NT) sub quota. All other applicants should refer to the Bachelor of Paramedic Science (SATAC code: 224321).

This degree is for applicants seeking a career as a paramedic with an Australian State or Territory ambulance service or a research career in pre-hospital science.

The aim of the degree is to ensure all students have the skills, knowledge and attitudes to enable them to manage emergency and non-emergency situations in a manner consistent with best practice as paramedics. This is achieved by the degree having a strong emphasis on clinical skills acquisition and practical education using scenario-based teaching methods. While theoretical content delivered online can be accessed anywhere within the Northern Territory with internet coverage, the clinical skills and practical education will be delivered by practical workshop intensives held in Darwin. This will require students to spend up to 1 or 2 weeks in Darwin each semester.

To consolidate their clinical and theoretical understanding in real-life situations, students will perform more than two hundred and fifty hours of emergency ambulance placements over the duration of the degree with St John NT. These placements will be provided in the students home-town where they reside in Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine, with arrangements for students living in Nhulunbuy, Tennant Creek or remote communities organised on an individual basis. To maintain industry relevance, the degree actively collaborates with the South Australian Ambulance Service (SAAS), Ambulance Victoria (AV) and St John NT and relies heavily on input from practising, experienced paramedics.

This degree is an Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) approved program for first professional registration as a paramedic under the National Law. Paramedic Science graduates may also qualify for employment with ambulance services in international jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom and United States of America after completing relevant bridging and registration requirements.

Applicants who have applied on time but shuffle this preference after 1 December 2022 will not be guaranteed equal consideration. Applicants who have applied on time will be required to have all pending or missing grades and/or adjustment factors finalised no later than 31 December 2022 to be guaranteed equal consideration.

Applicants are advised that should they receive an offer for a place in this degree they will be required to enrol in topics in the degree by the enrolment deadline stated in the letter of offer from SATAC. If they do not enrol via the Flinders University Student System by the specified date and maintain enrolment, their offer of a place in the degree will be forfeit. Applicants who receive an offer for a place in this degree should also note that if they subsequently receive an offer to a higher preference, their superseded offer of a place in this degree will also be forfeit.

Graduates can take advantage of flexible pathways for admission to Medicine and a number of health professional degrees at Flinders. Reserved places in a number of professional programs exist. Further informationwww.flinders.edu.au/study/pathways/course-pathways/health-pathways.