Job Description
Emergency Medical Responder Location High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0 : Your Opportunity:
Grow your career under the northern lights! If you welcome a different pace of life and look for the chance to use the full scope of your clinical practice, EMS in Northern Alberta could be the right fit for you. Gain experience in our diverse northern landscape, surrounded by expansive prairie fields, bustling urban centers, lush wetlands, boreal forests, and sprawling mountain passes. Discover hidden gems, stunning scenery, and friendly people as you explore our enormous backyard in all seasons. Alberta Health Services (AHS) can offer you a career that fits your lifestyle and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. Joining AHS means becoming a part of an exceptional team. In addition to competitive compensation and flexible benefits, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. Where you will be stationed: High Prairie station is a brand new facility attached to the High Prairie Health Complex. High Prairie's landscape is dominated by the expansive prairies; 1.25 hours to Peace River, 2 hours to Grande Prairie and 4 hours North of Edmonton. This site is located in Alberta's Big Lake Country, true to its name located close to several lakes where fishing is a popular past time. This could be the opportunity you've been waiting for to live, work, and play in northern Alberta. See what AHS has to offer you. New graduates and international applicants with valid work visas are welcome to apply. This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
Description:
As an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), you will assess emergency scenes and patients and may transport ill or injured patients from emergency scenes and between facilities. This includes operating ambulances or other modes of transportation, assessing emergency scenes and patients, providing simple treatments and completing required documentation including patient care reports. You will assist with ensuring that ambulances or other Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicles, such as non-emergent transport (NET), are properly stocked and equipped. The working environment for an EMR is demanding and includes exposure to heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind, moving traffic, and industrial and agricultural equipment. You will need 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. The working conditions for an EMR are also physically demanding. You must be able to endure frequent lifting and carrying of up to 105lbs, 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, bend, twist, side-carry up to 20lbs in each hand and assume awkward positions.
- Acute Care Alberta:
- Primary Care Alberta:
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Emergency Med Responder - 2190
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Emergency Medical Services
- Primary Location: High Prairie Health Complex
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 30-JUN-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
- Date Available: 10-JUL-2025
- Temporary End Date: 31-DEC-2025
- Hours per Shift: 12
- Length of Shift in weeks: 8
- Shifts per cycle: 28
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $21.12
- Maximum Salary: $24.69
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided
Required Qualifications: Non-restricted registration in good standing with the Alberta College of Paramedics (ACOP) as Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP). Must be able to obtain a valid class 4 Alberta Operator License or equivalent and a five (5) year driver abstract current within six (6) months with no more than six (6) demerits prior to commencing work. Proof of the successful completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test via the certificate provided by the Lifemark organization who do not already hold a clinical position within AHS EMS (VESST, Clinical Educator, EMR, PCP, ACP and Community Paramedic). Your F.A.R.E. test must be completed no more than six (6) months prior to the date of your application. Alberta Health Services EMS may verify results with Lifemark to ensure the candidate has successfully completed the test. Please contact Lifemark at to find more information on the F.A.R.E. test and how to book your evaluation. Additional Required Qualifications: As Required. 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 and will be considered during the selection process. Willing to orientate entry level candidates with an interest in North Zone.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Full time, Temporary work, Remote work, Work visa, Flexible hours, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,