Emergency Medical Technician

Position #: 201470

Expected Start Date: October 03, 2024

Union: HSAS

Facility: Wilkie Health Centre

City/Town: Wilkie

Department: Ambulance - Land

Type: Part-time regular

FTE: 0.64

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

Hours of Work: 36 shifts of 8 hours per 12 weeks

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 $29.909 to $36.572

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

Licenses

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

Other Education and Training

• Pre-Hospital Care Program - Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) Level
• CMA accredited Pre-hospital Care Program-EMR

Competencies

• Basic - Communication skills
• Basic - Interpersonal skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to keep effective work relationships with clients of diverse backgrounds
• Ability to communicate with clients from diverse backgrounds

Other Information

• HSAS seniority in the SHA will be considered under the selection criteria
• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics at PCP/EMT level
• Must be able to respond to the ambulance within 10 minutes when on-call
• Clean Driver's Abstract
• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement