Emergency Medical Technician

Position #: 159477

Expected Start Date: October 02, 2024

Union: HSAS

Facility: Biggar & District Health Centre

City/Town: Biggar

Department: Ambulance - Land

Type: Part-time regular

FTE: 0.75

Shift Information: Days, Nights, Evenings, Weekends, Standby

Hours of Work: 168.00 hours per 6 week rotation

Scheduled hours of work may be reduced during the rotation stipulated when a statutory holiday is recognized during that period

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Emergency Medical Technician Ambulance $32.302 to $39.497

Job Description:

The EMT will respond to calls for service as per dispatch instructions, providing assessment, treatment and transportation of ill or injured persons. The EMT will cover standby assignment, as operations require.

Travel Required: No

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Primary Care Paramedic diploma (PCP)

Licenses

• Registered Paramedic (2011 National Occupational Competency Profile standards)
• Basic Life Support Instructor Certificate (BLS)
• International Trauma Life Support Certificate (ITLS)
• Valid Class 4 driver's license
• Health Care Provider Level C Certificate (HCP-C)

Competencies

• Basic - Interpersonal skills
• Basic - Communication skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting

Other Information

• Must be able to respond to the ambulance within 10 minutes when on-call
• Employer will endeavour to ensure on-call does not exceed 300 hours in 3 weeks
• For more information on the town of Biggar please visit https://townofbiggar.com/
• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement
• Clean Driver's Abstract
• Biggar is located approximately 93 km west of Saskatoon
• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics at PCP/EMT level