Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Paramedics in Australia |
| Subtitle of host publication | Contemporary challenges of practice |
| Place of Publication | Sydney |
| Publisher | Pearson Australia |
| Pages | 122-132 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Edition | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781442509115 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
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Working in ambulance service organisations. / Yen, Margaret.
Paramedics in Australia: Contemporary challenges of practice. 10. ed. Sydney : Pearson Australia, 2008. p. 122-132.Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter
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T1 - Working in ambulance service organisations
AU - Yen, Margaret
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PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This chapter focuses on the preparation of paramedic practitioners for work within organisations. As beginning practitioners, paramedic practitioners are required to adapt to work within health service organisations that exist in complex and unpredictable environments. For practitioners to be effectively inducted into their work roles within this environment, an appreciation of the wider context is paramount. Additionally, with the increase in autonomy that has accompanied the move to tertiary education, paramedic practitioners are having greater input into organisational decision making and are charged with responsibilities that were once exclusively the domain of management. Understanding the nature of health service organisations is considered essential for the adaptation of beginning practitioners to the complexity of these extended roles. Following an introductory discussion that defines ambulance services within their environmental context, the nature of ambulance service organisations is then explained through the lenses of planning organising, leading and controlling.
AB - This chapter focuses on the preparation of paramedic practitioners for work within organisations. As beginning practitioners, paramedic practitioners are required to adapt to work within health service organisations that exist in complex and unpredictable environments. For practitioners to be effectively inducted into their work roles within this environment, an appreciation of the wider context is paramount. Additionally, with the increase in autonomy that has accompanied the move to tertiary education, paramedic practitioners are having greater input into organisational decision making and are charged with responsibilities that were once exclusively the domain of management. Understanding the nature of health service organisations is considered essential for the adaptation of beginning practitioners to the complexity of these extended roles. Following an introductory discussion that defines ambulance services within their environmental context, the nature of ambulance service organisations is then explained through the lenses of planning organising, leading and controlling.
KW - Ambulance organisations
KW - Ambulance service environment
KW - Ambulance services
KW - Controlling
KW - Leading
KW - Organising
KW - Planning
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781442509115
SP - 122
EP - 132
BT - Paramedics in Australia
PB - Pearson Australia
CY - Sydney
ER -