Emergency Medical Technician

Position #: 000209

Expected Start Date: October 03, 2024

Union: HSAS

Facility: Biggar & District Health Centre

City/Town: Biggar

Department: Ambulance - Land

Type: Casual

FTE: 0

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

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

Education

• Primary Care Paramedic diploma (PCP)

Licenses

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

Competencies

• Basic - Communication skills
• Basic - Interpersonal skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting

Other Information

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