QAS INSIGHT | Summer 2017-18 edition

Paramedic registrations update

Paramedicine Board of Australia

The national regulation of paramedicine moves a step closer with the appointment of the first Paramedicine Board of Australia. Health Ministers made the announcement of the nine-person board at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Health Council meeting held on October 19, 2017.

Paramedicine will be the 15th registered health profession in Australia and is the first profession to be regulated under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme since 2012. Associate Professor Stephen Gough asm has been appointed as practitioner member from Queensland and National Board Chair; here is an insight into his views of the future. What is the most exciting thing about the national registration of paramedics under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme? The decision to include paramedics under the National Registration Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) recognises the level of education, skills, competence and importance paramedic practice has within Australian communities. Moving to a registered practitioner professional practice model assures the community that the paramedic healthcare provider meets national standards and is accountable for the services they deliver to the community. Paramedics are ideally placed to take on complementary and evolving roles within the Australian healthcare system. Registration contributes to ensuring quality, transparency and accountability in healthcare practise by healthcare professionals. 

What skills and experience do you bring to the Board? I have a passion for the development of the paramedic profession and health service delivery models, innovation and change, particularly in the enhancement of the provision of health services to rural Australians. In my role as a health leader, my experience has included: policy, planning, resourcing; clinical practice redesign, clinical workforce education and training, organisational redesign, leadership and health service governance, management capability and development, organisational change and the development of professional practice standards. I have had the privilege of representing ambulance services and the paramedic profession nationally in various roles including as the Secretary of the Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA), Executive Board Member of the Australian National Rural Health Alliance, Committee, Director of the CAA Paramedic Education Programs Accreditation Scheme (PEPAS) and several ministerial committee appointments. What is the Board working on right now? The Paramedicine Board of Australia is releasing a set of mandatory standards for paramedics from mid- December 2017 for pu lic consultation. This is a chance to have your say. Contact the Board at paramedicin @ahpra.gov.au by February 9, 2018. Chair of CAA National Ambulanc Educ tion

What do you hope to achieve during your time with the Board? The big challenge is to have everything in place to allow for the registration of paramedics by late 2018. Amongst other things, mandatory standards for the profession need to be approved by the COAG Health Council, paramedics need to get all the requisite information to AHPRA to provide for the processing of their registration applications, as well as publishing information for paramedics regarding their continuing professional development (CPD) requir ments. It will be a busy but exciting year, but I am confident that the inaugural members of the Board are up to the challenge. Where do you think the paramedicine profession will be in three y ars and what do you think this means for protection of the public? The paramedic profession has seen monumental change in practise over recent decades and now a comprehensive set of skills and technologies to provide world cla s service to Australian communities. The next three years will present equally exciting changes alongside regulation of the profession and the registration of paramedics. Paramedics will work closely with their health practitioner colleagues in evolving roles to meet the increasing demand for health services, s eking innovation and n w pathways in providing best quality healthcare.

Associate Professor Stephen Gough asm Stephen is currently the QAS Assistant Commissioner, Capability and Development and is a career paramedic and senior executive who has worked in the ambulance and health sectors for almost four decades. He has worked in four ambulance services across the states and territories. He holds a range of tertiary credentials as well as adjunct appointments at four Australian universities and has been clinically qualified at both advanced life-support and intensive-care levels.

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For enquiries about registration, email: Registration.update@ambulance.qld.gov.au

Summer 2017–18