Advanced Care Paramedic

Location: High Level

Emergency Health Services - Alberta (EHS) offers a career that supports your lifestyle while providing meaningful opportunities for professional growth and development. By joining EHS, you become part of a high‑performing and supportive team committed to exceptional patient care. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, EHS currently has a Northern Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $6,300.

This allowance is non‑pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. Permanent and temporary employees working in excess of one (1) year whose work sites are above the 57th parallel are also eligible to receive an annual reimbursement of personal travel expenses to an annual maximum of $1,235. Eligible employees will be reimbursed for the cost of one (1) round trip, per calendar year, to any destination within Alberta.

Travel must originate from a community above the 57th parallel to any destination within Alberta and cannot be carried over.

Location:

Based out of the High Level Hub, this position supports service delivery across High Level, Rainbow Lake, La Crete, and Fort Vermilion. Staff have the opportunity to choose shifts at any of these sites based on availability.

Description:

As an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP), you will assess emergency scenes and patients and may transport ill or injured individuals from emergency scenes and between facilities. This includes operating ambulances or other modes of transportation. You will provide patient care by administering medications, using advanced life support (ALS) airway adjuncts, and delivering electrical therapy. You may also lead the ALS team in providing clinical care during patient transport or at emergency scenes.

You will support the readiness of vehicles by ensuring ambulances and other transport units, including non‑emergent transport (NET) vehicles, are properly stocked, maintained, and equipped in accordance with established standards. The working environment for an ACP is demanding and includes exposure to heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, moving traffic, and industrial and agricultural equipment. You will be required 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.

This role is also physically demanding. You must be able to endure frequent lifting and carrying of up to 105 lbs 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, as well as bend, twist, side‑carry up to 20 lbs in each hand, and assume awkward positions.

Transition Company:  Emergency Health Services

Classification:  Advanced Care Paramedic (2190)

Union:  HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program:  Emergency Health Services

Primary

Location:

High Level EMS

Location Details:  As Per Location

Multi‑Site:  Not Applicable

FTE:  0.00

Posting End Date:  29-SEP-2026

Employee Class:  Casual/Relief

Date Available:

09-OCT-2026

Hours per

Shift:  Varies

Length of Shift in weeks:  Varies

Shifts per cycle:  Varies

Shift Pattern:  Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call

Days Off:  Other

Minimum Salary:  $40.29

Maximum Salary:  $53.06

Vehicle Requirement:  Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:

Non‑restricted registration in good standing with the Alberta College of Paramedics (ACOP) as an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) CPR certification. Must hold, or be eligible to obtain, a valid Class 4 Alberta Operator's Licence (or equivalent), along with a five (5)-year driver abstract dated within six (6) months prior to commencing work, with no more than six (6) demerits.

Proof of successful completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test, verified by a certificate from Lifemark, is required for all applicants who do not currently hold a clinical position (including VESST, Clinical Educator, EMR, PCP, ACP, and Community Paramedic roles). The F.A.R.E. test must be completed within six (6) months of…