Advanced Care Paramedic

**Req ID**:146101**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Western** Zone, **Valley Regional Hospital**
**Department**:OPWZ EMG Emergency VRH**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: CUPE** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:23-Mar-23**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Manager, the Advanced Care Paramedic is assigned tasks or assignments by the Team Leader/Charge Nurse and works in collaboration with other interdisciplinary team members to meet patient care needs. They support patient care by practicing within the Advanced Care Paramedic scope of practice and demonstrated competencies in provision of care.

The Advanced Care Paramedic accepts responsibility for maintaining and continually enhancing competencies through on-going professional development, including participation in education programs, research and continuous quality activities. The Advanced Care Paramedic's practice and conduct is defined by the professional registration body Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia (EHSNS), and they are responsible for ensuring that their registration is current and valid.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Successful completion of a recognized Advanced Care Paramedic training program
- Must be registered and hold licensure with the College of Paramedics Nova Scotia
- Meets EHSNS re-registration requirements yearly
- Minimum two (2) years’ experience working as an Advanced Care Paramedic
- Experience working in a fast-paced, high-stress, multi-disciplinary environment an asset
- Previous work experience in a hospital setting or in emergency care preferred
- Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required
- Canadian Triage Acuity Scores (CTAS) or willing to obtain
- NVCI, BTLS, PALS and Cardiac Monitoring or willing to obtain
- Various other in-services on specific delegated functions and special equipment including defibrillators, IV pumps, rapid volume infusers, PIC lines, Hickman lines, port-a-caths and blood gases, 12 lead EKG interpretation
- Ability to delegate, problem solve and resolve conflict
- Demonstrated effective communication, interpersonal, organizational, patient assessment and telecommunications skills
- Ability to organize, prioritize, and supervise patient care
- Basic computer skills/MEDITECH or willing to learn
- Possesses physical and mental capabilities to perform the duties of the position
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant educaiton, experience, training and certifications.

**Hours**:

- Permanent full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly.
- Shifts include days, nights and weekends.

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$30.45 - $35.33 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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