Jennifer Bolster

Jennifer Bolster is an Advanced Care Paramedic who is Director of Clinical Services with Ambulance Tasmania. She is a former Paramedic Practice Leader with BCEHS. She practiced as a paramedic in BC for 8 years, and before that she worked as a Community Health Worker and served in the Canadian Armed Forces as a reserve Medical Technician. She worked as an instructor at both of BC’s paramedic institutions. She completed a Bachelor of Paramedicine (Honours) with Monash University, focused on the paramedic’s role in caring for people who use drugs. She is now undertaking a PhD in Paramedicine at Monash University furthering this research. Her research interests include paramedic mental health and resilience, contemporary leadership styles, organizational culture, and women in paramedicine.