Registered ACP-Paramedic 2088

at  Alberta Health Services

Your Opportunity:
As an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) with Street Connect, you will be paired up with a Peer Support Worker. You will search for and attend urban encampments within the city of Red Deer and provide health care and links to other services to individuals who express interest, need and are currently homeless. This position requires working outside in all safe weather conditions. F.A.R.E test not required.
Description:

As an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP), 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 will treat patients by administering medications, advanced life support (ALS) airway adjuncts and electrical therapy. You may also lead the ALS crew in delivering clinical care during patient transport or at emergency scenes. You will assist with ensuring that ambulances or other Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicles, such as non-emergent transport (NET), are properly stocked and equipped. The working environment for an ACP is demanding and includes exposure to heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind, moving traffic, and industrial and agricultural equipment. You will need 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 working conditions for an ACP are also physically demanding. You must be able to endure frequent lifting and carrying of up to 105lbs, while transporting and transferring patients, supplies, and equipment. You must be able to endure frequent, simultaneous kneeling and trunk flexion for extended periods. Additionally, you must stand and sit for extended periods, bend, twist, side-carry up to 20lbs in each hand and assume awkward positions.

• Recovery Alberta: N
• Classification: Registered ACP-Paramedic 2088
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Street Connect
• Primary Location: South Gaetz Medical Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

• Recovery Alberta: N
• Classification: Registered ACP-Paramedic 2088
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Street Connect
• Primary Location: South Gaetz Medical Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicabl