Student paramedic 2024

a bit off topic folks - but thank ye in advance if successful or not. Heros!

I googled “paramedic aptitude tests” or something like that and printed off some from previous years, whichever I could find - and then I went to Easons and also bought the “psychometric tests for dummies” book and did that one also.

New supplementary panel announced. Good news to hear

Just saw that email - hopefully that means some new EOI offers will start going out too!

Does anyone know how many students are offered places for each campus? 🤔 I’m hoping for Tallaght (eventually……whenever that may be 🙈 🤣)

I ended up emailing them, they said typically 96 places are offered (32 in each campus). I’m also remaining on the existing panel, I won’t get in this time for sure as there are still some left on the previous panel (I asked for overall panel number) so my overall panel number is higher than the intake amount (from the overall panel number they gave me looks like there are still 90 people on the previous panel still before they even start on our panel) but as you say, hope the offers for January will be going out in November or before for the January so will still be in date……….i would imagine if the positions offered are still mostly going to the previous panel that they would have to surely give more time to the supplementary panel if the majority did not get chance to get an EOI

the previous panel received an email today to say that once this new campaigns panel is created their panel scrapped which will happen around July so our panel which was created last October will be the first panel in place for a January intake.

it has been running for about 2 years I think it was extended last year.

it was the panel before this created in July 2022.

I’m on the same panel as you. it looks like there is 2 panels ahead of us but one of them, the one created in July 2022 is due to be scrapped this July, so we will be the second panel in line, but I’d say some have already been called off the panel before ours.

when I contacted them for my overall panel number i worked it out from that number that there are still 90 remaining on the previous panels (I’m also on same panel as you) if they are only offering 96 places for September that means only the first 6 from our panel will get offered a place or maybe a couple more if some people don’t take their spaces so September is unlikely I think (for me anyway, I’m not in the top 6 🤣 🙈) ……………I didn’t ask if there will be any offers for Sept but the reply didn’t say they weren’t anyway, it was a “they usually take twice a year Sep + Jan and 96 per intake” kind of thin. The previous time I asked they said they did not know - they only get information as and when it comes from the ambulance service and then they send out the information to people on the panel.

This is all mind boggling for someone who is only filling out the application form now . So in theory from the time you submit your application to getting an offer how long are you waiting >1yr ??

HI All I contacted the hse and found out that it will be at least the intake after next that the Nov 23 panel will be getting offers as there is still 107 people on the panels infront of us. I wasn't told this directly but can figure out from my panel number and there are 96 intake slots. Realistically if they don't do an intake in September 24 due to recruitment freeze then we are looking at September 25 as so many ahead of us for January 25 intake 😭.

I am assuming our panel will be extended as it expires in November and won't even have had an offer prob by then. Its so hard planning everything with all these unknowns!!

I fully agree. I just hope they extend our panel as I couldn't go through the whole application process again. It was very time consuming. I mean it's silly to have to reapply after getting a position on a panel but just not offered any place. Anyhow will hang in for now and hope it all works out. I started my C license lessons so it's already been an expensive career move! Fingers crossed its not in vain or I might end up working as a lorry driver 🤣

Hopefully ur right iceomatrix . Hope ur enjoying the lessons Daisylou123 and best of luck when u do ur test 🤞 I had my test at school home time 🙈 had to peel myself out of the seat afterwards. Couldn't have been given a worse time 🤣

Just in case this is of use to anyone - I went to a NAS open evening last night to try and get some information and managed to speak to the operations manager about the panel - they said that any of us that are sitting on the supplementary panel from November can expect to be called within 6-12 months based on where things are currently & that not to panic we will definitely be called and the panel won't just disappear in November.