Penalty rates
Every shift is split at rate-change boundaries — 10pm, midnight, weekends, public holidays — so each hour is rated at exactly the right loading.
Pay Check
Pay Check for the NSW Paramedic Award
The NSW Ambulance Paramedic Award covers ambulance officers, intensive care paramedics, and flight paramedics. On-call and recall provisions are a central complexity, particularly in rural areas with high call-back rates.
What Shift It handles
The complexity behind the NSW Paramedic Award.
Shift It reads the award so you don't have to. Here's what it accounts for.
On-call & recall
On-call allowances and recall payments — including minimum engagement periods and travel time — are calculated per event and added to your total.
Payslip comparison
Enter the gross on your payslip. Shift It shows whether it matches your calculated entitlement — and if not, exactly how much is missing.
Common questions
NSW Paramedic Award pay questions, answered.
Things workers actually search for — with straight answers.
How does on-call pay work for NSW paramedics?
A per-hour on-call allowance is paid for each hour you are designated on-call. This is separate from recall payments.1
What happens when I am recalled to work while on call?
Each recall triggers a minimum engagement period at the applicable overtime or penalty rate. Multiple recalls in one on-call period are counted separately.1
How is overtime calculated for shift overruns?
Overtime begins once you exceed your rostered finish time, paid at 150% for the first two hours and 200% thereafter.1
Check your NSW Paramedic Award pay.
Import your roster, pick your classification, and Shift It calculates exactly what you should have been paid — penalties, overtime, allowances, and all.