Posted 14 months ago
Primary Care Paramedic
@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Overview
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is hiring a full-time Primary Care Paramedic in the Central Zone, based at the Baie Verte Peninsula Health Centre. The role provides pre-hospital assessment and emergency care, including driving ambulances and responding to emergency and routine calls. The posting states rotating 12-hour shifts across days, nights, evenings, standby and weekends, with pay of $32.71 to $37.40 per hour.
Pay:
$32.71–$37.40 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Respond to emergency and routine calls
- Provide basic and advanced emergency care
- Drive ambulances and assess patients
- Work as part of the interdisciplinary health care team
- Promote patient and worker safety
Requirements summary:
- Graduation from an accredited Primary Care Paramedic program
- Current NL Paramedicine registration as a PCP
- Current medical certification with the Office of the Provincial Medical Director
- Valid Class 4 driver's licence
- Current Basic Life Support certification
- Effective oral and written communication skills
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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
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Department | Allied health |
| Hours per week | 60 |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Vehicle, Client sites, Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · lift 100 lb · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | PCP registration, Medical certification, Basic Life Support, Physical Capability testing certificate |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Background checks | driving record |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required) |
| Fields of study | Primary Care Paramedicine |
| Perks mentioned | Relocation assistance, Signing bonus, Performance bonus |
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | St. John's |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,001 |
Job description
| Zone: Central Zone Location: BVP - Baie Verte Peninsula Health Centre, Baie Verte Primary Care Paramedic Central Zone - CZ-Road Ambulance-SPR Permanent Full-time NAPE HS 45712POS |
|---|
| Hours | 75 (12 hours, Rotating, Shift Work; Days, Nights, Evenings, Standby, Weekends) |
| Salary | Primary Care Paramedic – CGHSA-29 of the NAPE HS salary scale $32.71 to $37.40 per hour which includes a negotiated wage adjustment The following Sign on Incentives MAY be applicable, can be combined and require a Return in Service commitment: |
| Competition Number | VAC0015823 |
| Posted Date | 2025-09-10 |
| Closing Date | Open until filled. |
| Demands, duties, qualifications | Job Summary: The 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 District Operations of Paramedicine. Duties/Job Demands: 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. 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 Primary Care Paramedic program accredited by the Canadian Medical Association; * Current registration with the NL Paramedicine Regulation as a PCP; * 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; * 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 record of work performance is required; * A satisfactory Driver’s Abstract from Motor Vehicle Registration is required; |
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