Course Catalogue

There are inherent requirements for this course. Students must read and understand the requirements for this course.

The Bachelor of Paramedicine qualifies you to work as a paramedic in Australia. The course offers guaranteed clinical student placements in the Northern Territory with a range of health care providers allowing students to gain important hands-on learning.

Students will graduate ready to work in emergency ambulance and out-of-hospital environments in regional, remote and urban settings.

During the three-year paramedicine degree you will gain vital clinical decision-making, problem-solving and critical thinking skills and students will learn about anatomy and physiology, human development and Australia's health-care systems and policies. Students will develop knowledge in clinical science areas including trauma and emergency-based response.

This course also has a strong focus on First Nations Health, mental health and specific care of maternal, neonatal and patient assessments across the age ranges including paediatric patients.

Practical industry experience is important, which is why the Bachelor of Paramedicine includes three units of placements including with the St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc., the Northern Territory's exclusive paramedic service provider.

This program is designed to transition university graduates into becoming qualified ambulance paramedics who will register with the Paramedic Board of Australia.

This course is accredited with the Paramedic Board of Australia (under Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency).

Compulsory intensives on campus are a requirement of this course.

Course transfer into the Bachelor of Paramedicine is not permitted due to a strict quota of places.

Practical Experience

Students will gain hands-on learning experiences from both simulated learning units that are spread throughout the degree and by attending clinical placements (Work Integrated Learning (WIL)). Simulated learning adequately prepares students to take part in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and students will gain experiences in a wide range of health care settings including with an ambulance service and other community-based healthcare settings.

This program is designed to transition university graduates into becoming qualified paramedics, registered with the Paramedic Board of Australia (PBA). Registered paramedics work in a range of settings which include emergency ambulances, community health care settings and industrial environments (such as mine sites). Those who are registered with PBA are also able to work in the United Kingdom as a registered paramedic.

This course is accredited by the Paramedic Board of Australia.

You will graduate as a degree qualified paramedic and may apply for entry-level paramedic positions both nationally and internationally.

Other employment opportunities may include private, event or defence force paramedic services.