Advanced care paramedic

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 42 to 60 hours per week
• Education:
• Expérience:

Education

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Work setting

• Private ambulance company

Tasks

• Assess extent of injuries or illness of trauma victims to determine emergency medical treatment
• Administer pre-hospital emergency care
• Administer medications and provide advanced emergency treatments to patients
• Transport patients to hospital or other medical facility for further medical care
• Document and record nature of injuries and treatment provided
• Assist hospital personnel with provision of medical treatment, if necessary
• Maintain ambulances and emergency care equipment and supplies

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Class 4/4F/F/4A-B-C Licence (ambulances, emergency vehicles and buses with fewer than 24 passengers)
• Emergency First Response Course
• Ambulance driver's licence
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) Certificate

Security and safety

• Confidential security clearance
• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check
• Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Driver's abstract

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Values and ethics

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening
• Shift
• Flexible hours
• Morning
• Night

Experience

• Experience an asset

Employment terms options

• To be determined
• Day
• Weekend

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement