Primary Care Paramedic - Lethbridge, Canada - Fewers Ambulance Service
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 80 hours biweekly
- Education: College, CEGEP or other nonuniversity certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: Experience an asset
Work setting:
- Private ambulance company
Tasks:
- Assess extent of injuries or illness of trauma victims to determine emergency medical treatment
- Administer prehospital emergency care
- Administer medications and provide advanced emergency treatments to patients
- Transport patients to hospital or other medical facility for further medical care
- Document and record nature of injuries and treatment provided
- Assist hospital personnel with provision of medical treatment, if necessary
- Maintain ambulances and emergency care equipment and supplies
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:
- Class 4/4F/F/4AB-C Licence (ambulances, emergency vehicles and buses with fewer than 24 passengers)
- Ambulance driver's licence
- CPR Certificate
- Primary Care Paramedic (PCP)
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Medical exam
- Adult Abuse Registry check
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fastpaced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the aboveindicated required certifications?
Long term benefits:
- Group insurance benefits
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