Full Time Regularly Scheduled Emr Transfer Fleet

BC Emergency Health Services

FT Regularly Scheduled

Kamloops

Open the door to your career in beautiful British Columbia. You will contribute to and promote a culture that is patient-focused, supportive, and respectful of all individuals embracing BCEHS values and guaranteeing that all interactions are performed with professionalism, courtesy, dignity, and respect.

**EMR Transfer Fleet job highlights**:
Work at locations all over B.C.
Provide patient care and transport patients by ambulance (inter-facility transfers).
Access to ongoing training.

**What you'll do**:
The Transfer Fleet's work is focused on patient transfers between hospitals / health care centres in British Columbia. Accountabilities for this role include:
Provide patient care and inter-facility transportation by ambulance, always using critical thinking and safe work practices.
Advocate for patients through effective communication with colleagues, allied health care professionals and public safety partners.
Be responsible for the safe operation of ambulances (e.g. challenging weather and remote areas).
Identify issues and strategies to address complex program or system-wide issues which will enhance service delivery and patient care.

**What you bring**:
Current EMR license or higher, to practice in the province of British Columbia (issued by EMALB)
Class 1, 2 or 4 BC driver's license (or out of province equivalent), or the ability to obtain within 6 months from your start date.
Current driver's abstract demonstrating a safe driving record.
Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain)
Strong mental resiliency and maturity; highly functional in a dynamic environment

Indigenous Cultural Safety and Diversity

Knowledge of Canadian colonial impacts on Indigenous people in social and health contexts, supported by significant knowledge of Canadian and Indigenous ideologies, including knowledge, and understanding of Indigenous cultural safety, cultural humility, Indigenous-specific racism and anti-racism.
Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Site Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls calls for justice, and how they intersect across the health care system.
Supports team members on their learning journey, ensuring education strategy for team/department to implement Indigenous Cultural Safety at a practical level.
Works collaboratively with appropriate Indigenous teams/departments to ensure ICS lens applied holistically.
Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities impacting indigenous communities and familiarity with Indigenous Cultural Safety and anti-racism and accompanying reports (BC DRIPA, TRC, etc.)

While BCEHS would consider a foundation in Indigenous cultural safety to be a strong asset for consideration, our commitment to enhancing Indigenous cultural safety includes providing all employees with access to resources and training programs in partnership with San'yas Core Health Indigenous Cultural Safety Training and Anti-Indigenous Racism Response Training.

As per the current Public Health Order, full vaccination against COVID-19 is a condition of employment with PHSA as of October 26, 2021.

**What We Bring**:
Join one of BC's largest employers with province-wide programs, services, and operations - offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as the San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
The ability to take your career anywhere in British Columbia.
Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.
Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.

What We Do

The British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) is the lead Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency in British Columbia, the largest EMS provider in Canada, and one of the largest in North America responding to over 600,000 ground calls and 7,800 air calls every year. BCEHS program is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). We are also responsible for the delivery, coordination and governance of appropriate and effective out-of-hospital and inter-facility health services th