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As an Advanced Care Paramedic, you will assess emergency scenes, provide advanced life support, and transport patients between facilities. You are also responsible for maintaining vehicle readiness and ensuring all equipment meets established clinical standards.
Requirements
Candidates must hold non-restricted registration with the Alberta College of Paramedics and a valid Class 4 Alberta Operator's Licence. Additionally, applicants must possess current BCLS CPR certification and successfully complete the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test.
Working hours
36 hours per week
Skills
- Advanced Care Paramedic
- Emergency Medical Services
- Patient Assessment
- Advanced Life Support
- Medication Administration
- Electrical Therapy
- Ambulance Operation
- Clinical Care
- Emergency Response
- Patient Transport
- Trauma Care
- Critical Thinking
- Physical Stamina
- Safety Compliance
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Transportation
- Security & Safety
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Advanced Care Paramedic
- EMS
- Alberta College of Paramedics
- ACOP
- BCLS
- CPR
- F.A.R.E.
- ALS
- Emergency Health Services
- Patient Care
- Clinical Care
- Ambulance
- Rural Rover
- Healthcare
- Public Safety
- Criminal Record Check
- Vulnerable Sector Search
- Driver's License
- Emergency Response
Original job description
Your Opportunity:
This posting may be used to fill multiple Rural Rover positions.
Description:
As an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP), you will assess emergency scenes and patients and may transport ill or injured individuals from emergency scenes and between facilities. This includes operating ambulances or other modes of transportation. You will provide patient care by administering medications, using advanced life support (ALS) airway adjuncts, and delivering electrical therapy. You may also lead the ALS team in providing clinical care during patient transport or at emergency scenes. You will support the readiness of vehicles by ensuring ambulances and other transport units, including non-emergent transport (NET) vehicles, are properly stocked, maintained, and equipped in accordance with established standards. The working environment for an ACP is demanding and includes exposure to heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, moving traffic, and industrial and agricultural equipment. You will be required to travel in all weather conditions and to remote locations (e.g., backcountry), with exposure to hazardous and graphic scenes and direct exposure to bodily fluids. This role is also physically demanding. You must be able to endure frequent lifting and carrying of up to 105 lbs while transporting and transferring patients, supplies, and equipment. You must be able to endure frequent simultaneous kneeling and trunk flexion for extended periods. Additionally, you must stand and sit for extended periods, as well as bend, twist, side-carry up to 20 lbs in each hand, and assume awkward positions.
Transition Company: Emergency Health Services Classification: Advanced Care Paramedic (2190) Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Calgary Division EMS - Rural Rover Airdrie Primary Location: EMS Airdrie Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 25-SEP-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 05-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 12 Length of Shift in weeks: 8 Shifts per cycle: 28 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $40.29 Maximum Salary: $53.06 Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided
Required Qualifications:
Non-restricted registration in good standing with the Alberta College of Paramedics (ACOP) as an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) CPR certification. Must hold a valid Class 4 Alberta Operator's Licence, or equivalent, and provide a five (5)-year driver abstract, current within six (6) months and with no more than six (6) demerits, prior to commencing work. Proof of successful completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test, verified by a certificate provided by the Lifemark organization, is required for applicants who do not already hold a clinical position within EHS (VESST, Clinical Educator, EMR, PCP, ACP, or Community Paramedic). The F.A.R.E. test must be completed no more than six (6) months prior to the date of the job offer. Contact Lifemark at www.lifemark.ca/alberta-health-services for more information about the F.A.R.E. test and how to book your evaluation. Candidates must be qualified to perform full operational duties as of the start date.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check with vulnerable sector search, from a law enforcement agency, prior to their first day of work (CRC/VSS must be dated no more than 90 days prior to the date on the written offer letter and prior to the start date). Applicants are encouraged to seek a CRC/VSS as early on as possible during the selection process to avoid delays in their onboarding. Candidates must be qualified to perform full operational duties as of start date.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preference is given to those with previous EMS experience in a metro, suburban, rural, or interfacility environment and in other areas of Health Care and Public Safety. Completion of additional post-secondary programs is considered an asset. Applicants must provide proof of program completion for any post-secondary education or training at the time of application for it to be considered during the selection process.
