Emergency Medical Technician
Job Description
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