Primary Care Paramedic - Rural 1

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Swan Lake; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Shared Health in Swan Lake, MB, seeks Primary Care Paramedics to provide compassionate, high-quality pre-hospital care as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Responsibilities include safe vehicle operation and collaboration with healthcare and emergency services to deliver integrated patient care.

Applicants should have a Primary Care Paramedic credential, Manitoba license, and BLS level C certification, with bilingual capacity considered an asset.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a Primary Care Paramedic program held by an accredited Canadian education institution.
• Must have a valid Class IV Manitoba driver’s license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), level C or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-hospital care as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team.
• Ensure safe operation and use of vehicles and equipment per regulations and Shared Health policy.
• Collaborate with health care providers and emergency services to deliver integrated patient care.

Job description

Requisition ID: 412283
Position Number: 20079858, 20067222
Posting End Date: Open Until Filled
City: Swan Lake
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Shared Health - Swan Lake (Lorne)
Department / Unit: Shared Health ERS - South Zone
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start Date: TBD
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days;Nights;Weekends;Standby coverage as required
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 12.00
Annual Base Hours: 2184
Salary: $29.916, $32.934, $36.269, $39.653, $43.234, $46.972

This position has been designated bilingual (French/English)

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview

Primary Care Paramedics provide care to patients as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team and are dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality health care services.

The Primary Care Paramedic is responsible for providing accessible, responsive, and integrated patient care at all times. They collaborate with health care providers, allied emergency service agencies, and other community agencies. This role is responsible for the safe, effective operation and use of vehicles and equipment as per Manitoba Provincial Regulations, Acts, and Shared Health policy.

The Primary Care Paramedic will be expected to conduct themselves professionally, ethically, and demonstrate commitment to the mission, vision, values, goals, objectives, and policies of Shared Health.

Experience

• Experience providing pre-hospital care as an Emergency Medical Responder or Primary Care Paramedic.
• Competent in an Indigenous language and/or knowledge in Indigenous customs, traditions and values.
• Working with individuals from diverse cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds.
• Experience working in patient relations and/or in a customer service capacity.
• Use of Shared Health ERS and Digital Health technology, software programs, and equipment.
• Both official languages are essential for designated bilingual positions, to ensure health services are readily available and easily accessible in both official languages.
• Ability to communicate in multiple languages.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Graduate of a Primary Care Paramedic program held by an accredited Canadian education institution, or a College of Paramedics of Manitoba approved equivalent.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Certificate of Practice with the College of Paramedics of Manitoba – Member in good standing, at minimum at the Primary Care Paramedic level.
• Must have a valid Class IV Manitoba driver’s license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), level C or equivalent.

Qualifications And Skills

• Demonstrates and encourages others to follow the principles of the LEADS framework; Leading themselves, Engaging others, Achieving results, Developing coalitions, and participating in System transformation.
• Desired Certifications:
  • Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS) from an accredited training provider.
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) from an accredited training provider.
  • Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) from a certified training provider.
  • College of Paramedics of Manitoba Standards of Practice.
  • Scope of Practice as documented in the Regulated Health Professions Act.
  • Manitoba Emergency Medical Response and Stretcher Transportation Act.
  • Manitoba Highway Traffic Act.
  • Shared Health clinical protocols, care maps and associated documents.
  • Personal Health Information Act (PHIA).
  • Other applicable Shared Health policies, procedures, guidelines, and directives.

Physical Requirements

• Applicants are required to provide a Physical Fitness Assessment by an approved fitness assessment provider.
• Applicants are required to complete a job-related written test of clinical knowledge.
• Travel by multiple vehicle types, where inclement weather conditions are anticipated. General risks of responding to a variety of ERS calls.
• Exposure to a variety of high-stress, physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding situations, and potential for exposure to communicable disease.
• Moderate to heavy physical effort required, including frequent lifting of patients and equipment.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.