Paramedics recently passed a vote of no-confidence in the emergency service’s leadership amid concerns about stretched resources.
Ambulance Victoria’s chief executive has resigned weeks after paramedics passed a vote of no-confidence in the troubled emergency service’s leadership amid an industrial dispute andIn a statement released on Tuesday afternoon, the agency said Jane Miller resigned “to pursue a new opportunity within the Victorian health sector”.AV board chair Shelly Park said Miller had been “an enthusiastic leader in supporting the critical role of our paramedics” since she began in January last year.
Former emergency management commissioner Andrew Crisp has been appointed interim chief executive for the next six months while recruitment occurs.Crisp has been a director on Ambulance Victoria’s board since July, but will pause those duties when he takes begins as CEO on Wednesday. The Victorian Ambulance Union recently criticised the service’s management for questioning a long-serving paramedic Jim Avard, who said he crashed after working an 18½ hour shift in June.Union secretary Danny Hill said that crash was the trigger for members to pass a vote of no-confidence in Ambulance Victoria’s executive.
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