Critical Care Paramedic

3 weeks ago

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Ornge Full time

Job Summary

The incumbent is responsible for providing advanced life support to patients in emergency situations. This includes the initiation and provision of treatment, stabilization, and safe transport of patients via air and land.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assess the extent of injuries or medical illnesses of trauma victims, patients with respiratory and cardiovascular disease, overdose and poisoning victims, industrial accident victims, and other ill or injured individuals to determine emergency medical treatment.
  • Administer pre-hospital emergency care to patients, including oxygen therapy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), spinal immobilization, bandaging, splinting, intravenous (IV) treatments, and adjunctive equipment for ventilation and circulation.
  • Provide critical care treatment and intervention to patients in the pre-hospital and inter-facility settings, including advanced airway management, mechanical ventilation, initiation and maintenance of pharmaceutical infusions, administration of blood and blood products, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support, and care to high-risk obstetrical and neonatal patients.
  • Maintain emergency care equipment and supplies and participate in maintaining a clean and safe work environment.
  • Document and record the nature of injuries and illnesses and treatment provided, and collaborate with relevant dispatch centers, hospital staff, and others to ensure relevant information is collected and proper treatment is administered.

Qualifications

  • At least 1 year of active field practice as a paramedic is required, 2-5 years is preferred.
  • Possession of or eligibility for all qualifications and conditions as outlined in the Ambulance Act/Ontario Reg. 257/00, including the MOH Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant (AEMCA) certificate or eligibility for Ontario equivalency, MOH Advanced Care Paramedic or certificate or eligibility for Ontario equivalency, and current registration/authorization in good standing with provincial/service provider Base Hospital or applicable regulatory body for all levels of care, including Critical Care or equivalent.
  • Current or eligibility for valid F Class (or higher) Driver's License or provincial equivalent with satisfactory Driver Abstract, current valid or eligibility for CPR for Healthcare Professionals, current valid Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred, current valid immunizations, and confirmation of freedom from communicable disease as outlined in MOH Ambulance Service Communicable Disease Standards.
  • Ability to successfully complete and submit pre-qualification requirements for Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)/advanced standing in Ornge CCP course, complete Ornge Aeromedical Theory Program and MOH Aeromedical Theory Certificate, available upon receipt of Ontario MOH A-EMCA, and satisfactory proof of completion, current within 6 months, of OPPAT physical fitness assessment program.

Working Conditions

  • Paramedics are required to work various shifts, including day and night shifts and weekends in a 24/7 environment, including days, afternoons, and nights on weekdays, weekends, and statutory holidays.
  • During the course of their shift duties, Paramedics may be required to overnight away from their home base.
  • Successful candidates must live or be willing to relocate within the assigned base location city with the exception of Moosonee. Employees assigned to Moosonee will be required to live in Ontario.
  • Employees may be required to use respiratory protective equipment and they shall co-operate in attaining an effective fit of the equipment and in particular, be clean shaven to ensure an effective facial seal to provide for the health and safety of all employees.

Foreign National Applicants

Ornge is committed to working with foreign national applicants to ensure a smooth transition. To learn more about the Paramedic Labour Mobility Equivalency Process, please contact us.

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