Posted 18 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 based at Green Bay Health Centre in Springdale. The role provides pre-hospital assessment and emergency care, and includes driving ambulances and responding to emergency and routine calls. The posting states a 12-hour day and night shift schedule, a wage of $32.71 to $37.40 per hour, and sign-on incentives subject to a return in service commitment.
Pay:
$23.78–$37.40 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Respond to emergency and routine calls
- Provide basic and advanced emergency care
- Drive and operate ambulances
- Lift and move patients and stretchers
- Ensure client and staff safety
Requirements summary:
- PCP or EMR graduation and NL paramedicine registration
- Class 4 driver's licence
- Current Basic Life Support certification
- Physical capability certificate
- Strong oral and written communication
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Source type not verified · nlhs
- Employer posting date
- 2025-05-04
- 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 | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, 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 |
| Licences & certifications | Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), NL Paramedicine Regulation registration, Basic Life Support, Physical Capability Testing certificate, Medical certification with Office of the Provincial Medical Director |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Background checks | driving record |
| Education | High school (required), Trade certificate (required) |
| Fields of study | Primary Care Paramedicine, Emergency Medical Responder |
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | St. John's |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 983 |
Job description
| Zone: Central Zone Location: GREEN CONA - Green Bay Community Health Centre, Springdale Primary Care Paramedic Central Zone - CZ-Road Ambulance-SPR Permanent Full-time 43018POS |
|---|
| Hours | 75 (12 hours; Days, Nights) |
| Salary | CGHSA29 (CAD32.71 - CAD37.40 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: 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 Number | VAC0010938 |
| Posted Date | 2025-05-05 |
| Closing Date | Open until filled. |
| Demands, duties, qualifications | Our team is seeking an Primary Care Paramedic for a Full-time position. If no Primary Care Paramedic applicants, we will consider applications from Ambulance Operators/Attendants. We prioritize candidates based on their qualifications in the following order: Primary Care Paramedic, or Ambulance Operator/Attendant. If the competition is awarded to an Ambulance Operator/Attendant as the next highest classification, they will be awarded as temporary full time (TFT) for a period of one year, with possibility of extension. Job Summary: The Primary Care Paramedic (or Ambulance Operator/Attendant),works as an integral part of the para-medicine 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 main-taining professional and organizational standards of practice. The successful candidate must demonstrate an awareness of and be responsible for promoting and sup-porting 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. The base for this service is located at Green Bay Health Centre, Springdale. 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. 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 lift-ing/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 High School or equivalent; • Graduation from an approved 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 a 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; • 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; Salary: • Primary Care Paramedic – CGHSA-29 of the NAPE HS salary scale $32.71 to $37.40 per hour • Ambulance Operator/Attendant – CG-25 of the NAPE HS salary scale $23.78 to $26.19 per hour A financial recruitment incentive may apply to this position for new hires in exchange for a return in service. If so the recruiter will discuss with you. |
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