Bankstown Urgent Care Clinic Welcomes First Paramedic to the Team
21 Oct 2025
The Bankstown Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has made a milestone appointment by welcoming a paramedic to its team, marking a first for Medicare Urgent Care in Australia.
On 8 October, in collaboration with the Australasian College of Paramedicine, SWSPHN, and Coordinare PHN, an experienced paramedic began work at the clinic. This initiative recognises the vital role paramedics can play in multidisciplinary urgent care, bringing skills in emergency and acute care, rapid triage, and assessment.
With Australia’s healthcare system facing increasing demand, workforce shortages, and constrained resources, innovative staffing models like this are essential to maintain high-quality care. Paramedics also benefit from opportunities to diversify their roles, access flexible work arrangements, and practise to their full scope.
This multidisciplinary model allows integration of health services under shared guidelines, fostering trust, collaboration, and improved patient care. The Urgent Care team works alongside local GPs to provide same-day care, with comprehensive discharge summaries to ensure continuity.
The Bankstown clinic’s appointment is expected to pave the way for more paramedics to join multidisciplinary urgent care teams across the country.
Source: Practice Pulse, 22 October 2025
