Critical Care Paramedic

1 month ago

Kentville, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time
Click here to apply as an internal applicant.

​Req ID: 190604
Location: Western Zone, Valley Regional Hospital  
Department: OPWZ EMG Emergency VRH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1 
CUPE Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 6-Nov-24

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.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Critical Care Paramedic (CCP) is responsible for a wide range of duties within the Emergency Department and throughout the hospital.  The extended scope of practice enables the CCP to treat patients both independently and as a member of an ever-changing multidisciplinary team.  The CCP provides specialized support in advanced life support, difficult airway management and procedural sedation and analgesia. The CCP allows the physician to maximize efficiency and provides advanced trauma life support, code blue team support, trauma, preceptor for students, casting and splinting, wound care and closure (suturing), phlebotomy, arterial access for blood gases, central line insertion, chest tube insertion, transports critically ill patients to other treatment/testing areas, and the assessment, investigation and management of injuries.

About You

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

  • Successful completion of a recognized Critical Care Paramedic program
  • Licensed with the Nova Scotia College of Paramedics
  • Minimum two (2) years related experience at the CCP level
  • 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
  • Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Splinting/Casting, Wound Care/Closure Course, Preceptor Workshop, Advanced Trauma and Life Support (ATLS), Crisis Resource Management, Advanced Interventions and Management in Emergencies, and Procedural Sedation and Analgesia Course and Simulation are required or willing to obtain
  • Demonstrated effective communication, interpersonal, organizational, patient assessment and telecommunications skills
  • Ability to organize, prioritize, and supervise patient care
  • Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

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

Hours
  • Permanent Full Time; 75 hours bi-weekly
  • Hours of work include days, nights, weekends, and holidays
Compensation and Benefits

$43.51 hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. 

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.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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