Paramedic Clinical Instructor, 25% Per Diem

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 88,000; Part time

Job summary

The UCLA Center for Prehospital Care, part of UCLA Health, seeks a Clinical Instructor to deliver hands-on skills instruction for the Paramedic Education Program. Responsibilities include demonstrating clinical skills, evaluating student performance, and sustaining an engaging learning environment. The role requires a minimum of two instructional shifts per month and a 25% per diem arrangement.

This position may convert to a career, with licensure in CA and EMS experience as core requirements.

Qualifications

• BLS Provider certification required.
• Current CA licensure as Paramedic or RN (or ability to obtain).
• Minimum 1 year EMS field/clinical experience.
• Teaching experience preferred.
• ACLS and/or PALS instructor certifications preferred.
• NAEMT PHTLS instructor certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on skills instruction for UCLA Paramedic Education Program.
• Demonstrate and teach clinical skills and equipment use; evaluate student performance.
• Foster an engaging learning environment; ensure course objectives are met; support curriculum development and learner assessment.
• Work a minimum of two instructional shifts per month.

Skills

BLS Provider

CA Licensure

Paramedic/ RN

EMS Experience

Teaching Experience

ACLS Instructor

PHTLS Instructor

Two Shifts Monthly

Teamwork

Patient Care Skills

Job description

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Posted Date

07/17/2026

Salary Range: $32.09 - 63.86 Hourly

Employment Type

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

31886

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The UCLA Center for Prehospital Care, one of the nation's leading academic EMS education programs, is dedicated to advancing prehospital care through education, training, and innovation.

The Clinical Instructor provides hands‑on skills instruction for students in the UCLA Paramedic Education Program. Responsibilities include demonstrating and teaching clinical skills and equipment use, evaluating student performance, fostering an engaging learning environment, ensuring course objectives are met, and supporting curriculum development and learner assessment. Clinical Instructors are expected to work a minimum of two instructional shifts per month.

This is a 25% per diem position, may convert to career.

Salary: $33.09 - $65.77 hourly

Job Qualifications

Required:

• AHS BLS Provider
  
• Current California licensure as a Paramedic or Registered Nurse or the ability to obtain licensure in the state of CA.
  
• Minimum of 1 year of field or clinical EMS experience.
  
• Previous teaching experience (preferred).
  
• AHA CPR provider certification, AHA ACLS provider certification AHA ACLS and/or PALS instructor certifications (preferred).
  
• NAEMT PHTLS instructor certifications (preferred).
  
• Ability to consistently work a minimum 2 weekdays per month.
  
• Ability to work both independently and on a team.
  
• Ability to perform duties with minimal direction.
  
• The instructor may be required to perform venipuncture and dermal punctures on training equipment including administering intravenous lines.
  
• Available to meet scheduling requirements to include evenings, holidays, and/or weekends.
  
• Ability to foster a stimulating classroom environment.
  
• Skill in working independently and following through with minimal direction.
  
• Skill in working as part of a team collaborating with colleagues.
  
• Ability to provide service oriented customer assistance in a professional and courteous manner.
  
• Interpersonal skills to excel in relations supervisor, staff, students, and the public.
  
• Must be able to frequently sit, walk, stand, lift, carry, and balance at times in excess of 125 pounds. Hand-Eye and motor coordination is necessary. The work may involve light lifting (from 10 to 20 pounds maximum) to very heavy lifting (50 pounds occasionally, no maximum) and can involve climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing (including the ability to perceive differences in colors, shades, or harmonious combinations or to match colors is required).

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.