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Our Staffing Capabilities

Our Staff

St John Ambulance SA possesses the strongest and most comprehensive staffing capability to meet the needs of your event. With the largest staffing cohort, St John Ambulance SA ensures that it's team members align with the values of our organisation.  

Through regular engagement and ongoing Continuous Professional Development, our operational team members are skilled and trained in line with the best practice for our industry. They don't simply receive a certificate and never receive training again - they receive ongoing professional education. We're committed to ensuring that you receive high-quality, customer focused team members to support your event operations. 

St John Ambulance SA undertakes a comprehensive risk assessment process and will provide you with a quote based on the baseline staffing requirements. If you wish to take this a step further, we can enhance your level of coverage (additional fees may apply).  

Our Comprehensive Workforce

Experience people, trusted care

St John Ambulance SA has an extensive and capable staffing cohort to meet the needs of events and onsite deployments across South Australia.

Our services are customised to each event. The final team structure depends on the requirements, risk profile, size, location and operating environment. 

Experienced operations management team

Our operations management team is experienced in overseeing complex operations. With background in out-of-hospital care, emergency management, risk and operations management, they support the success of deployments, while maintaining strong relationships with customers, consumers and stakeholders. 

Comprehensive staffing capability

Our teams may include a range of roles depending on the event requirements.

Registered Paramedics, Nurses and Doctors

Registered Healthcare Professionals include Registered Paramedics, Registered Nurses and Medical Practitioners.


These clinicians hold current AHPRA registration and provide advanced clinical assessment, care planning, escalation support and treatment for higher acuity presentations

Ambulance Officers

Ambulance Officers are experienced pre-hospital clinicians who hold recognised ambulance or healthcare qualifications and training. They provide a higher level of assessment, clinical decision-making and patient care,particularly where events involve larger crowds, participant activity, increased risk or more complex operating environments.

Event Medics 

Event Medics are trained emergency healthcare workers who provide care beyond basic first aid. They are our standard frontline clinical role at events and provide early assessment, treatment, monitoring and escalation for a broad range of common and urgent event presentations.


Event Medics carry first response equipment, including an AED, oxygen resuscitation equipment, medications, trauma supplies and equipment to monitor vital signs.

Communications and Liaison Officers

Communications and Liaison Officers coordinate Health and Medical Services within Event Operations Centres or Emergency Operations Centres, helping improve safety, communication and operational efficiency.

Operations Command and Management

Our operations leaders are experienced in event operations and emergency management. For large events, they can work closely with other emergency services, event control and key stakeholders.

Ongoing training

Our staff receive continuous professional education beyond certification. This supports high-quality, customer-focused care and ongoing development across our workforce.
 

Our Experienced Management Team

As the leading provider of Health and Medical Services across South Australia, we are backed by a team of skilled and experienced, salaried management staff who oversight all operations of St John Ambulance SA. 

With a strong background in pre-hospital care, emergency, risk and operations management,  our Management Team provides strong oversight of operations. This key group ensures the success of all operational deployments, no matter the size or scale. 

Our Management Team works proactively across operations within South Australia and maintains positive relationships with our customers and consumers.