Medical Emergency Services Officer (MESO)

The Company

Tellus is an ambitious company that provides advanced end-to-end solutions for managing Australia’s most challenging hazardous materials at its Sandy Ridge Facility. Sandy Ridge is Australia’s first and only operational geological repository. Our mission is to enable the clean energy transition by helping Australian industry start up, scale up, clean up, and innovate in circular economy technologies.

The Opportunity

The Sandy Ridge Facility is a remote residential site, with FIFO from Jandakot, Perth or DIDO from regional towns. Our operations are day shift only, working currently on a 2:2 roster pattern. The project has a design life of at least 25 years and operates with a team of approximately 25 Tellus staff and additional contractors (per swing).

The position offers a unique opportunity to apply your expertise as a specialized Emergency Response emergency response professional responsible for providing first aid, medical support, conduct biological monitoring (bloods and urine) and emergency response services at Sandy Ridge.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the Emergency Response Team (ERT) in managing any incidents

• Manage medical equipment/consumables/medication/facilities, ensuring sufficient stock levels and compliance

• Provide emergency and non-emergency assistance and medical care to the site

• Drug and alcohol testing

• Development and training of Emergency Response Team (ERT) including coordinating site emergency drills

• Ensure emergency response equipment, vehicles and PPE are inspected and maintained in a high level of operational readiness

• Administering vaccinations and conducting biological sample collection (Blood, Urine and other)

• Injury management, inclusive of paperwork, liaising with patients, physios, doctors and other necessary agencies

• Provide health & hygiene related awareness & information materials, including presentations to site workforce

Reporting Relationships  

Reporting to our GM Safety, Risk & Compliance, based at our operational facility - Sandy Ridge (nr. Coolgardie)

Role Requirements

Mandatory:

• Certificate IV Health Care

• Advanced Life Support qualification

• Cert III in Mines Rescue and Response and/or Cert III in Public Safety

• Certified to collect specimens for drugs of abuse testing

• Current WA Driver’s License

• Current National Police Clearance

Desirable

• Diploma/Bachelor of Nursing/Paramedicine with current unrestricted AHPRA Registration

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

• HLTPAT002 Perform Venous Blood Collections

Experience

• Five (5) plus years of experience working within a rural or remote medical service provider.

• Sound clinical reasoning & diagnostic skills.

• Emergency Response Team (ERT) experience

Next Steps

If you would like further information on the role or who Tellus is, please contact us via hr@tellus.com.au Confidential discussions are welcome.

Next Steps

Apply for the role. You can do this by sending through your CV and by giving us a short introduction about who you are and what you are passionate about and are looking for and why we should consider you for the role.

Tellus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages and supports First Nations People to apply.

Tellus also recognizes the value and unique experiences of our Veterans and supports applications from the Veteran community.