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Primary Care Paramedic

@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

Newfoundland and Labrador

Temporary
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Overview

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is hiring a temporary, call-in Primary Care Paramedic for its Carmanville ambulance base in the Central Zone. The role provides pre-hospital assessment and emergency care, driving ambulances and treating patients with acute illnesses or injuries. Shifts are 12 hours, including days, nights, weekends and on-call standby, paid CAD 32.71 to 37.40 per hour.

Responsibilities:

  • Respond to emergency and routine calls
  • Provide basic and advanced emergency care
  • Drive ambulances and assess patients
  • Work as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team
  • Promote safety and person- and family-centred care

Requirements summary:

  • Graduation from an accredited Primary Care Paramedic program
  • Current NL paramedicine registration as a PCP
  • Valid Class 4 driver's licence
  • Current Basic Life Support certification
  • Physical capability certificate within the last 3 months
  • Satisfactory driver's abstract and RCMP or police certificate of conduct

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Employer posting date
2025-04-06
First seen by our source
2026-11-05
Source record updated
2026-11-05

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Job details

DepartmentAllied health
Scheduleday, evening, weekends, overnight
Travelair: none · ground: minimal
Work settingVehicle, Client sites
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical high · lift 100 lb · computer low
LanguagesEnglish
Licences & certificationsNL Paramedicine Registration (PCP), Basic Life Support, Physical Capability Certificate, OPMD Medical Authorization
Driver’s licencerequired
Background checksdriving record, criminal record
EducationTrade certificate (required)
Fields of studyPrimary Care Paramedicine

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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

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Job description
Zone: Central Zone
Location: CARMAN-AB - Carmanville Ambulance Base, Carmanville

Primary Care Paramedic
Central Zone - CZ-Road Ambulance-Carmanville
Temp Call-In
NAPE HS
HoursCall in as needed (12 hours, Shift Work; Days, Nights, Standby, Weekends, On-Call)
SalaryCGHSA29 (CAD32.71 - CAD37.40 per hour)
Competition NumberVAC0009789
Posted Date2025-04-07
Closing DateOpen until filled.

Job Summary:

The Primary Care Paramedic 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;
  • Possession of a valid Class 4 Driver's License as issued by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador;
  • Medical authorization with the Office of the Provincial Medical Director (OPMD) is required and must be obtained upon successful completion of program orientation;
  • 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 and attendance is required for this position;
  • A satisfactory Driver’s Abstract from Motor Vehicle Registration is required;
  • A satisfactory certificate of conduct from the RCMP or local police authority;
  • Consistent demonstration of NL Health Service's core values; Innovation, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence (ICARE)

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