🌿Extended Care Paramedic (ECP) – Multiple Opportunities
📍Locations: Coastal Medical Sites – Taranaki (Stratford & The Hub – New Plymouth)
💼Multiple Positions Available
⏰Permanent & Casual | Full-Time, Part-Time & School Hours Available
💰 Salary: $114,000 – $145,600 FTE (depending on experience)
🌟Join a progressive primary care team making a real difference
Coastal Medical Limited (CML) is a growing multi-site primary healthcare organisation serving communities across Taranaki. Our focus is delivering innovative, integrated, and patient-centred care while supporting the wellbeing of our workforce and communities. We are seeking Extended Care Paramedics (ECPs) to join our multidisciplinary clinical teams across our practices. This is an exciting opportunity to use your advanced clinical skills in a primary care setting, providing acute, same-day, and extended care to patients in the community. You will work both independently and collaboratively with GPs, Nurse Practitioners, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to assess, treat, and support patients.
🩺About the Role
As an Extended Care Paramedic, you will play a key role in providing care within the general practice environment, helping ensure patients receive timely treatment and avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing clinical assessment, treatment, and triage for patients requiring acute care
- Managing same-day and unscheduled primary care presentations
- Performing clinical procedures such as IV cannulation, wound management, and medication administration
- Delivering phone consultations and follow-up care
- Supporting patients recently discharged from hospital to reduce re-admission risk
- Collaborating with the wider clinical team and referring patients where appropriate
- Participating in health promotion, screening programmes, and quality improvement initiatives
👩⚕️ About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring strong clinical judgement, excellent communication skills, and a passion for patient-centred care.
Essential:
- Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science – Extended Care Paramedicine (or equivalent)
- Specialist Paramedic Practice Endorsement
- Current registration with the Paramedic Council of New Zealand
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
Highly valued attributes:
- Compassionate and culturally safe approach to patient care
- Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori health equity principles
- Ability to adapt to acute and varied clinical presentations
- Strong clinical decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
🌱 Why Join Coastal Medical?
At CML, we are committed to creating a positive, supportive workplace where clinicians can thrive.
We offer:
- Flexible working options – full-time, part-time, or school hours
- Opportunities to work across multiple community clinics
- A collaborative multidisciplinary team environment
- A focus on innovation, integrated care, and clinical excellence
- The chance to make a real difference in community-based healthcare
- No weekends or shift work!
📩 Apply Now
If you’re an experienced Extended Care Paramedic looking to expand your scope in primary care and acute community-based services, we would love to hear from you. Apply now via Seek with your CV and cover letter!
