Emergency Medical Technician

Position #: 000209

Expected Start Date: May 21, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: Biggar & District Health Centre

City/Town: Biggar

Department: Ambulance - Land

Type: Casual

FTE: 0

Shift Information: Days, Nights, Evenings, Weekends, Standby

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Emergency Medical Technician $29.909 to $36.572

Travel Required: No

Job Description: The EMT will respond to calls for service as per dispatch instructions, providing assessment, treatment and transportation of ill or injured persons. The EMT will cover standby assignment, as operations require.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Primary Care Paramedic diploma (PCP)

Licenses

• Registered Paramedic (2011 National Occupational Competency Profile standards)
• Valid Class 4 driver's license
• Health Care Provider Level C Certificate (HCP-C)
• Basic Life Support Instructor Certificate (BLS)
• International Trauma Life Support Certificate (ITLS)

Competencies

• Basic - Interpersonal skills
• Basic - Communication skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting

Other Information

• For more information on the town of Biggar please visit https://townofbiggar.com/
• Must be able to respond to the ambulance within 10 minutes when on-call
• Biggar is located approximately 93 km west of Saskatoon
• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics at PCP/EMT level
• Employer will endeavour to ensure on-call does not exceed 300 hours in 3 weeks
• Clean Driver's Abstract
• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement

• No guaranteed hours. Must be Available a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours per 3 week period. Must be available all shifts, short shifts, short notice calls, stats and holidays, where applicable