First Response Unit Ambulance Volunteer

He aha te tūranga - About the role:  

Volunteering with our Rawene First Response Unit (FRU) is a big commitment that provides huge rewards. By working within the Rawene community and outlying rural areas, your role is varied, but the focus is always on providing quality care to patients.

The First Response Unit will operate in time-critical emergency incidents (i.e. a cardiac arrest) when a full-time ambulance is not immediately available. The FRU volunteers will be supplied with pagers and can choose whether or not they can respond, there is no roster or obligation. Volunteer crews will meet at the Station, take the FRU to the scene to and provide the critical patient care until further assistance arrives. 

Support you can expect after joining our team

We will give you all the support and education needed to make you safe and effective in the field. This includes:

• A two day Operations Induction course.
• A two day Operations Risk Management course - designed to help you stay safe in the field
• A two day Ambulance Driving course
• A four day First Responder course which is designed to enable you to assess patients and manage immediately life threatening emergencies in the community. 

At the completion of the courses you will be issued with a Level 3 New Zealand Certificate in Emergency Care (First Responder) and will hold the clinical practice level of First Responder.

Please note: trainings will be held at the Kaikohe station, although you will be reimbursed for travel costs you will need to be prepared to travel to attend.