Benefits
There are a suite of benefits available to you. These include not only generous award-based pay rates and allowances but also salary packaging and salary sacrificing opportunities.
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Financial
The awards contain the basic conditions of your employment including pay rates, overtime, penalty rates, secondment allowances, shift allowances, overtime allowances etc. For the most up-to-date information on conditions for:
- Operational staff
- Administrative and Clerical Staff
- Superintendants/Operational Managers
Refer to 'Ambulance Service Employees' within the Awards Index.
Transfer Incentives - Rural and Metropolitan
There are a range of benefits that may be available to you through the Crown Employees (Transferred Employees Compensation) Award - this award is applicable where you are required to relocate. Benefits can include:
- Extra leave entitlements - to seek accommodation and when taking up the new position
- Personal transport allowances
- Payment of removal and storage of goods costs
- Refund of costs associated with purchase and sale of primary residence (e.g. conveyancing and stamp duty) up to respective costs of $417,000
- Children's school uniforms where they are required to re-locate to a new school
There are a number of other attractive opportunities available that may enable you to increase your remuneration. These include:
- Salary packaging
- Salary sacrifice to superannuation
- Childcare and relocation/living away from home Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) exemptions
Other
NSW Health has an ongoing commitment to the development of its employees. There are a range of opportunities available offering outstanding benefits for eligible Ambulance Service professionals.
Leave
Generous provisions are available, including:
- Annual leave - 4 weeks with an increased allowance of up to 6 weeks leave with 8 weeks pay for eligible Ambulance Officers
- Maternity/Adoption leave - 14 weeks paid leave
- Parental leave - 1 week paid leave
- Sick leave - 114 hours per annum (approx 15 days) accruable
- Long service leave - 2 months after 10 years (accessible pro-rata after 7 years)
For more information see your Award in conjunction with the Leave Matters Manual for the NSW Health Service [PDF, 653k].
Education and Training
As a Registered Training Organisation, Ambulance Education provides induction and in-service clinical training and clinical assistance programs throughout rural and metropolitan areas. With 15 additional training and education staff deployed to rural areas access to education and assessment processes for clinical certification continues to improve.
Financial support for continued professional development for external education may be available for you through: