Advanced Care Paramedic

Alberta Health Services; Coaldale; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is seeking an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) to assess emergency scenes and patients, provide ALS-level care, and transport ill or injured individuals between facilities. You may lead the ALS team during patient transport or at emergencies.

The role requires readiness of vehicles, ability to work in various weather conditions, travel to remote locations, and physical endurance to lift up to 105 lbs and maneuver equipment.

Qualifications

• Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) certification and licensure as required
• Ability to work under high-stress emergency conditions
• Strong teamwork and leadership skills for ALS teams

Responsibilities

• Assess emergency scenes and patient conditions and provide ALS-level care.
• Transport patients between facilities and during scene responses.
• Administer medications and perform advanced airway management as indicated.
• Lead the ALS team during transport or on-site emergency care.
• Maintain readiness of ambulances and NET vehicles, ensuring supplies and equipment meet standards.

Job description

As an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP), you will assess emergency scenes and patients and may transport ill or injured individuals from emergency scenes and between facilities. This includes operating ambulances or other modes of transportation.You will provide patient care by administering medications, using advanced life support (ALS) airway adjuncts, and delivering electrical therapy. You may also lead the ALS team in providing clinical care during patient transport or at emergency scenes.You will support the readiness of vehicles by ensuring ambulances and other transport units, including non-emergent transport (NET) vehicles, are properly stocked, maintained, and equipped in accordance with established standards.The working environment for an ACP is demanding and includes exposure to heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, moving traffic, and industrial and agricultural equipment. You will be required to travel in all weather conditions and to remote locations (e.g., backcountry), with exposure to hazardous and graphic scenes and direct exposure to bodily fluids.This role is also physically demanding. You must be able to endure frequent lifting and carrying of up to 105 lbs while transporting and transferring patients, supplies, and equipment. You must be able to endure frequent simultaneous kneeling and trunk flexion for extended periods. Additionally, you must stand and sit for extended periods, as well as bend, twist, side-carry up to 20 lbs in each hand, and assume awkward positions.

• Transition Company: Emergency Health Services
• Classification: Advanced Care Paramedic (2190)
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: SZ Casual
• Primary Location: Coaldale Health Centre
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.00
• Posting End Date: 04-F