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Advanced Care Paramedic

@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

Newfoundland and Labrador

$24.26–$46.27/hrFull-time
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Overview

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is hiring a full-time Advanced Care Paramedic in Placentia, with Primary Care Paramedic and Ambulance Operator/Attendant candidates considered if no ACP applies. The work covers responding to emergency and routine calls, driving ambulances, and providing advanced pre-hospital care. Shifts are 12 hours on a rotating schedule of days, evenings, nights, on-call and weekends, paying $39.14 to $46.27 per hour for the ACP role.

Pay:

$24.26–$46.27 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Respond to emergency and routine calls by ambulance
  • Perform physical exams, assessments and tests
  • Initiate advanced pre-hospital interventions
  • Lead and mentor within the paramedicine program
  • Maintain professional and safety standards of practice

Requirements summary:

  • ACP, PCP or EMR graduation from accredited program
  • Current NL Paramedicine registration
  • Valid Class 4 driver's licence
  • Current BLS certification; ACLS for ACP
  • Effective communication and sound decision making

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Source and dates

Source type not verified · nlhs

Employer posting date
2025-09-09
First seen by our source
2026-11-05
Source record updated
2026-11-05

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Job details

DepartmentAllied health
Hours per week37.5
Scheduleday, evening, weekends, overnight
Travelair: none · ground: moderate
Work settingVehicle, Client sites, Outdoors
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical high · lift 100 lb · computer low
LanguagesEnglish
Licences & certificationsAdvanced Care Paramedic registration, Primary Care Paramedic registration, Emergency Medical Responder, Class 4 Driver's License, Basic Life Support, ACLS
Driver’s licencerequired
Background checksdriving record
EducationTrade certificate (required)
Fields of studyAdvanced Care Paramedicine, Primary Care Paramedicine, Emergency Medical Responder
Perks mentionedRelocation assistance, Signing bonus, Performance bonus

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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

FieldValue
HeadquartersSt. John's
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Job description
Zone: Eastern Rural Zone
Location: Placentia Base

Advanced Care Paramedic (Repost)
Depending on the applicant pool, the position will be filled as Primary Care Paramedic or Ambulance Operator/Attendant (Emergency Medical Responder)
Paramedicine - Ground Transport
Permanent Full-Time
NAPE HS
29281POS
Hours75 bi-weekly (12 hours, Shift Work; Days, Evenings, Nights, On-Call, Weekends)
Salary

Advanced Care Paramedic - CG-37 of the NAPE HS salary scale ($39.14 to $46.27 per hour which includes a negotiated wage adjustment)

Primary Care Paramedic – CG-29 of the NAPE HS salary scale ($32.71 to $37.40 per hour which includes a negotiated wage adjustment)

Ambulance Operator/Attendant – CG-25 of the NAPE HS salary scale $24.26 to $26.71 per hour

The following Sign on Incentives may be applicable to the Advanced Care Paramedic and Primary Care Paramedic positions, and can be combined and require a Return in Service commitment:
1. Signing bonus up to $14,000 2. Come Home incentive up to $50,000
3. Student bursary up to $10,000
4. Relocation support

For more information on bursaries/incentives please visit www.workinhealthnl.ca/incentives or email [email protected]. Subject to Government of Newfoundland and Labrador approval annually.

Competition NumberVAC0016089
Posted Date2025-09-10
Closing DateOpen until filled.
Demands, duties, qualificationsOur team is seeking an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) for a full-time position. If no Advanced Care Paramedic applicants, we will consider applications from Primary Care Paramedics (PCP) and Ambulance Operators/Attendants/Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). We prioritize candidates based on their qualifications in the following order: Advanced Care Paramedic, Primary Care Paramedic, or Ambulance Operator/Attendant (EMR).

If the competition is awarded to a PCP or Ambulance Operator/Attendant (EMR) as the next highest classification, they will be awarded as temporary full time (TFT) until the ACP position is filled.

Job Summary
The Advanced Care Paramedic (or Primary Care Paramedic, or Ambulance Operator/Attendant) works as an integral part of the paramedicine program. The successful candidate will work within their scope of practice, including responding to emergency and routine calls, providing skilled basic and advanced emergency care or assistance to persons suffering from a variety of injuries or illnesses. The successful applicant is responsible for maintaining professional and organizational standards of practice.

The successful candidate must demonstrate an awareness of and be responsible for promoting and supporting person-and family-centered care, demonstrate a commitment to safety and partner with all team members to improve worker and patient safety by integrating safety into work practices, identifying risks and implementing improvements.

The successful applicant will report directly to the Manager of Paramedicine. The base for this service is located in Placentia.

Duties/Job Demands

The Advanced Care Paramedic performs independent advanced medical care and intervention to patients at pre-hospital scene settings. This includes operating ambulances in responding to emergencies and routine calls; conducting physical examinations; performing comprehensive assessments and tests; interpreting a variety of tests and procedures; initiating a variety of advanced interventions; and performing other related duties as required. Work is performed with considerable independence and is reviewed through observation, examination of records and reports, and the presence or absence of valid complaints. The ACP functions as a leader and mentor within the paramedicine program.

The Primary Care Paramedic works as an active member of the health care team providing pre-hospital assessment and medical care to people with acute illnesses or injuries while maintaining a high standard of care to the patients. Work is performed with considerable independence and is reviewed through observation, examination of records and reports, and the presence or absence of valid complaints. The Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) functions as part of an interdisciplinary team within healthcare facility units and ensures client and staff safety, and other related duties as required.

The Ambulance Operator/Attendant will be responsible for skilled work in the operation of ambulances in transporting patients while exercising care and skill in driving. The successful incumbent will provide assistance to the paramedicine staff in patient care, such as proper lifting of patients and other related duties as required.

Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):

Regularly lifts and moves patients and equipment (between 25-50 lbs.) and involved in heavy lifting/pushing/pulling of stretchers (100 lbs.) and patients;
Constantly stands, bends, stretches, kneels or pushes and pulls; sometimes in small and cramped spaces.
Constantly requires visual concentration or alertness to drive ambulances, complete site and patient assessments and to administer medications. Regularly there are time pressures in the pre-hospital emergency setting.
Regularly there is lack of control over work pace occurs due to the unpredictable situations during a medical emergency, or unpredictable call volume.

Qualifications
Graduation from an approved Advanced Care Paramedic or Primary Care Paramedic program, or Emergency Medical Responder course (10-day course) accredited by the Canadian Medical Association;
Current registration with the NL Paramedicine Regulation as an ACP, PCP or EMR;
Current medical certification with the Office of the Provincial Medical Director
Possession of a valid Class 4 Driver's License as issued by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador;
Current certification in Basic Life Support;
Current ACLS certification (ACP only);
Current certification in PALS, or willingness to complete (ACP only)
Effective oral and written communication skills;
Critical and sound decision making skills;
Successful completion of the Physical Capability testing certificate (within the last 3 months) and continued responsibility to meet the minimum standards of physical capability as outlined in provincial policy;
For standby, must be able to report to work within the required timeframe of 10 minutes or be willing to stay at the base.
A satisfactory Driver’s Abstract from Motor Vehicle Registration is required;
A satisfactory record of work performance is required.

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