Primary Care Paramedic

Recovery Alberta; Calgary; On-site; CAD 46,000 - 59,000; Part time

Job summary

Recovery Alberta seeks a Primary Care Paramedic for the Recovery Response Team at Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre in Calgary. The role is a regular part-time position (FTE 0.53) with shifts days and nights, delivering emergency care within a harm-reduction framework at a supervised consumption site.

Requirements include accredited paramedic training, active ACP registration, BCLS-HCP, and F.A.R.E. testing within six months of application. Salary ranges from 33.67 to 42.51 CAD per hour.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Primary Care Paramedic program.
• Active registration with Alberta College of Paramedics as Primary Care Paramedic.
• Current BCLS - Healthcare Provider certification.
• F.A.R.E. test completed within six months of application date.

Responsibilities

• Provide emergency service and paramedic interventions within a harm reduction model at a supervised consumption site.
• Conduct comprehensive physical and mental health assessments.
• Deliver harm reduction supplies and supervised consumption clinical interventions and education.
• Distribute naloxone and provide health education and support.
• Immunizations, distribution of safer sex and drug-use supplies, and basic wound care as needed.

Skills

Emergency response

Harm reduction

Clinical assessment

Naloxone distribution

Education

Primary Care Paramedic program

ACP registration (active)

BCLS-HCP

F.A.R.E. test

Job description

As an EMT Supervised Consumption Services, you will provide emergency service and paramedic interventions within a harm reduction model at a supervised consumption site. The role includes comprehensive physical and mental health assessments, delivery of harm reduction supplies, supervised consumption clinical interventions and education, naloxone distribution, and other health education and support through the Safeworks program. Other duties may include immunizations, distribution of safer sex and drug use supplies, and basic wound care.

• Classification: Primary Care Paramedic (2022)
• Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
• Unit and Program: Recovery Response Team
• Primary Location: Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.53
• Posting End Date: 28-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 07-NOV-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 16
• Shifts per cycle: 29
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $33.67
• Maximum Salary: $42.51
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

• Classification: Primary Care Paramedic (2022)
• Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
• Unit and Program: Recovery Response Team
• Primary Location: Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.53
• Posting End Date: 28-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 07-NOV-2026
• Hours per Shift: 11.25
• Length of Shift in weeks: 16
• Shifts per cycle: 29
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $33.67
• Maximum Salary: $42.51
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited Primary Care Paramedic program. Active registration with Alberta College of Paramedics (ACP) as Primary Care Paramedic. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP). Completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test taken no more than six months from the application date.

Additional Required Qualifications:

As required.

Preferred Qualifications:

As required.

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