Primary Care Paramedic

Job summary

Assess emergency scenes and patients, provide primary care interventions such as minor medication administration, airway support, and semi-automated defibrillation, and transport patients when required. Lead basic life support crew care and ensure ambulances and other transport vehicles are stocked and equipped to established standards.

Job details

Your Opportunity: Emergency Health Services - Alberta (EHS) offers a career that supports your lifestyle while providing meaningful opportunities for professional growth and development. By joining EHS, you become part of a high-performing and supportive team committed to exceptional patient care. In addition to competitive compensation and flexible benefits, a Remote Retention Allowance is currently in place, to a maximum of $3,000 annually. This non-pensionable allowance is paid on an hourly basis for all hours worked at the basic rate of pay. Location: Slave Lake is located approximately 315 km east of Grande Prairie and 250 km northwest of Edmonton. Situated along Lesser Slave Lake, it offers excellent outdoor recreation, strong community infrastructure, and access to regional services. To ensure your qualifications are fully recognized during the screening process, please submit a chronological resume and cover letter in PDF format, along with copies of any job-related credentials. Candidate information may be shared with EHS Operations hiring teams within the province for recruitment purposes only. This position is eligible for RCIF funding and may qualify for a recruitment incentive of up to $60,000, based on the length of their Return for Service. For full details, visit rcif-hsaa.ca. Description: As a Primary Care Paramedic (PCP), you will assess emergency scenes and patients and may transport ill or injured patients from emergency scenes and between facilities. This includes operating ambulances or other modes of transportation. You may treat patients by administering minor medications, using basic life support (BLS) airway adjuncts, and providing semi-automated defibrillation. You may also lead the BLS crew in delivering clinical care during patient transport or at emergency scenes. You will assist in ensuring that ambulances or other transport vehicles, including non-emergent transport (NET) units, are properly stocked and equipped in accordance with established standards. The working environment for a PCP is demanding and includes exposure to heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, moving traffic, and industrial and agricultural equipment. You will be required to travel in all weather conditions and to remote locations (e.g., backcountry), with exposure to hazardous and graphic scenes and direct exposure to bodily fluids. The PCP role is physically demanding. You must be able to endure frequent lifting and carrying of up to 105 lbs while transporting and transferring patients, supplies, and equipment. You must also be able to endure frequent simultaneous kneeling and trunk flexion for extended periods. Additionally, you must stand and sit for extended periods, as well as bend, twist, side-carry up to 20 lbs in each hand, and assume awkward positions. Transition Company: Emergency Health Services Classification: Primary Care Paramedic (2190) Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Emergency Health Services Primary Location: Slave Lake EMS Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 22-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 16-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: 12 Length of Shift in weeks: 8 Shifts per cycle: 28 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $33.67 Maximum Salary: $42.51 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable Required Qualifications: Non-restricted registration in good standing with the Alberta College of Paramedics (ACOP) as a Primary Care Paramedic (PCP). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) CPR certification. Must hold a valid Class 4 Alberta Operator's Licence, or equivalent, and provide a five (5)-year driver abstract, current within six (6) months and with no more than six (6) demerits, prior to commencing work. Proof of successful completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test, verified by a certificate provided by Lifemark, is required for applicants who do not already hold a clinical position (VESST, Clinical Educator, EMR, PCP, ACP, or Community Paramedic).The F.A.R.E. test must be completed no more than six (6) months prior to the date of the job offer. For more information about the F.A.R.E. test and to book an evaluation, visit www.lifemark.ca/alberta-health-services. Candidates must be qualified to perform full operational duties as of the start date. Additional Required Qualifications: As Required. Preferred Qualifications: Preference is given to those with previous EMS experience in a metro, suburban, rural, or interfacility environment and in other areas of Health Care and Public Safety. Completion of additional post-secondary programs is considered an asset. Applicants must provide proof of program completion for any post-secondary education or training at the time of application for it to be considered during the selection process.

What you’ll do

Assess emergency scenes and patients, provide primary care interventions such as minor medication administration, airway support, and semi-automated defibrillation, and transport patients when required. Lead basic life support crew care and ensure ambulances and other transport vehicles are stocked and equipped to established standards.

Requirements

Applicants must hold non-restricted Alberta College of Paramedics registration as a Primary Care Paramedic, current BCLS CPR certification, and a valid Class 4 Alberta licence or equivalent with an acceptable five-year driver abstract. Applicants without an existing clinical position must also provide a recent Lifemark F.A.R.E. certificate; previous EMS or related healthcare and public safety experience and additional post-secondary education are preferred assets.

Benefits

• Flexible Benefits
• Remote Retention Allowance
• Potential Recruitment Incentive

Listed skills

• Health · Preferred
• Recruitment · Preferred
• CPR · Preferred
• Flexible · Preferred
• Retention · Preferred
• Time · Preferred
• Évaluation · Preferred
• Clinical care · Preferred
• Process · Preferred
• safety · Preferred
• Teams · Preferred
• Training · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Emergency Patient Assessment
• Patient Transport
• Basic Life Support
• Airway Management
• Semi-Automated Defibrillation
• Medication Administration
• Clinical Care Leadership
• Ambulance Operations
• Equipment and Supply Readiness
• Patient Lifting and Transfer
• Emergency Scene Response
• Safe Driving
• Working in Hazardous Environments

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Security & Safety
• Transportation

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