Specialist Emergency Medical Services | Pilbara

Specialist Medical Emergency Services - Pilbara Operations

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Fly in Fly out roster out of Perth | 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on 3 days off

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Specialist Medical Emergency Services to join our Emergency Services team to support our various mining operations in the Pilbara on a 5/2 4/3 FIFO roster.  In this role you will provide technical advice for pre-hospital care / clinical and general medical.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting. We lead with heart developing confident, empowered leaders who meaningfully engage with heart, care, courage, and curiosity.

Reporting to the Principal Emergency Services and Security you will be responsible for:

• Development and maintenance of medical governance documentation in consultation with relevant stakeholders including the Poisons Permit Holder and Occupational
• Responsible for scope of practice and medications authorisations: ERT members and Emergency Services team members (includes Cat 1/3 contracting partners)
• Ensuring current best practice, benchmarked, aligned with changes in training protocols, equipment and fleet updates as required across all operations
• Providing medical advice and technical support to our operations 
• Support business stakeholders with trusted advice in the ongoing assessment and improvement of medical response and services
• Reviewing and monitoring associated medical data- training compliance, Cority, stock management, equipment checks compliance, responses
• Auditing and support case reviews with the Permit holder
• Focused on risks, strategy, improvement and advancements, engagement and stakeholder management and
• Engage regularly with key internal and external stakeholders

What you’ll bring

To be successful in this role you will

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team (standard for all job adverts)
• Specialist knowledge and practical experience in:
  • Pre-hospital care, clinical experience and remote medicine
  • Medical legislation and governance requirements 
  • St John, RFDS, WACHS, DoH, Aeromedical
  • Mine Emergency Response
  • Training frameworks
• Work collaboratively in a small team and effectively with all stakeholders
• Lead through influence 
• Emergency Services ethos of ‘We Not Me’
• Systems (SAP, Cority, MS365 Suite), document writing, research and reporting
• APHRA Registration / Medical qualifications
• Current National Police
• Share and live the Rio Tinto Values and Rio Tinto Respectful Behaviours

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. 

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers - generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region ofWestern Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: aworld-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, arail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – alldesigned to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’sleading producers and exporters of iron ore. 

Every Voice Matters

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Applications close on 2 February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)