- Recruitment Process
- Paramedics
- Patient Transport Service Officers
- Call-takers
- Ambulance Dispatchers
- Volunteers
 
 

 

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Call Takers
Working Conditions
Student Education
 

Call-takers answer both non-urgent and emergency triple-zero calls, assess the patient's condition over the phone, and provide step-by-step instructions in lifesaving procedures.

At our Emergency Operations Centre in Adelaide, we also coordinate the Adelaide Bank State Rescue Helicopter Service, manage Medic Alert information. We also coordinate the Divers' Emergency Network, using conference calls to connect specialists in decompression sickness to emergencies anywhere in Australia. 
 

SAAS call-takers are educated in the management of triple-zero telephone calls, non-urgent ambulance bookings, and general enquiries.

Call-takers are required to progress to the level of a coordinator over time.

 
 
Call-takers work on a rotating roster that covers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
 
Reasonable post-shift overtime may be required.
 
SAAS's Emergency Operations Centre in Adelaide dispatches hundreds of ambulances everyday. Call-takers must be prepared to work in a dynamic environment.  A variety of tasks are performed to enable an ambulance to be dispatched.