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Medic

Job Group

  • Soldier

Job Availability

  • Full Time
  • Part Time

The Role

The role of the Medical Corps is to look after the health and well-being of soldiers. You will be treating illness, injury, and other medical conditions, in a camp environment and overseas on operational deployments and exercises.
 

Job on Camp

As a Medic, you will be trained in emergency care skills, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Out in the field, you will be ensuring a high level of health and hygiene is adhered to in order to prevent illness and injury. This means checking on issues such as sanitary conditions and food preparation to prevent the spread of disease.
 

Job on Deployment

Medics are deployed overseas as required; there are very few exercises or operations where medical personnel are not required, allowing for many overseas opportunities.

You may find yourself working on peace keeping operations, or with units deploying on exercise to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji or Australia. Or even as part of a team instructing First Aid to personnel in Papua New Guinea, Samoa or Tonga.

Career Progression

As a Medic, you will learn all that is needed to effectively be able to ensure the health requirements of the New Zealand Army are met. From emergency medicine to sanitation, you will be trained in recognising, minimising and eliminating anything which poses a threat to the safety, health and well being of our soldiers and officers. See the training tab for more information.
 

Pay & Benefit Details

Careers in the Army are well-rewarded, as well as being diverse and exciting. As you become more experienced and move up through the ranks, gaining additional skills and qualifications, you will see your salary rise accordingly.

While undertaking initial Recruit Course you will be paid as a Recruit (see attached pay table). On completion of  your Recruit Course you will be paid as a Private and your pay will continue to increase as your career progresses.

General Requirements

  • You must be at least 17 years of age
  • Meet the citizenship & security requirements to gain CV security clearance for this trade
  • A Class 1 restricted driver's licence is recommended, but is not compulsory
     

Educational Requirements

  • You must have completed at least three years at secondary school
  • Have a minimum of 60 credits at level 2
  • Have a minimum of 12 credits English, Maths and Science, preferably Biology at level 2
     

Fitness Requirements

You must be medically fit for service.

Period of Service

Once you have completed training you will be required to give a three year return of service to the NZ Army.
 

Training

Basic Training

Upon successful enlistment into the Army you will be posted to Waiouru Army base. Here you will do 16 weeks of basic military training to find out if you have what it takes to be in the Army, and learn various subjects including:
 

  • Organisation and Administration
  • Army Customs and Protocol
  • Drill and Parades
  • Military Field Skills and Weapon Training
  • First Aid
  • Physical Fitness

     

Job Training

The Defence Force Health School

On completion of recruit training, you will be posted to the Defence Health School (DHS), Burnham. This part of your training will take just over two and a half years. Here you will gain work experience and credits on a variety of military and civilian clinical placements.

In your first year of training you will gain the level 6 Diploma of Paramedic Science (Dip Para Sc) followed by the Level 7 Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Grad dip Hsc). Both are conducted by DHS in partnership with the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). You will then graduate as a Medic, be posted to your unit and will be eligible to serve overseas.

A three year Return of Service obligation will be required as part of the training.
 

Ongoing Training

When operational commitments allow, you will study part-time to gain the final papers required to complete your Bachelor of Health Sciences degree BHSc (para). Some Medics may be selected to undertake other fields of study.
 

Location Details

To begin with, you will be posted to a Medical Treatment Centre, in a military camp or one of the Regimental Aid Posts within an Infantry Battalion in either Linton or Burnham.

As you progress, you could be sent on a variety of postings, such as to the medical cell of the NZSAS or the Defence Health School as an Instructor in Burnham.
 

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