Advanced Care Paramedic

Position: Advanced Care Paramedic at Alberta Health Services
Introduction  This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Your Opportunity:
Grow your career under the northern lights! If you’re seeking a different pace of life and the opportunity to practice to your full clinical scope, Emergency Health Services (EHS) in Northern Alberta may be the perfect fit. Experience a diverse and dynamic landscape—expansive prairie, vibrant communities, lush wetlands, boreal forests, and nearby mountain ranges—while serving communities that value your skills and dedication.

Discover stunning scenery, hidden gems, and welcoming people as you explore everything the north has to offer, year-round. Emergency Health Services - Alberta 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.
Location  Peace River is located approximately 200 km northeast of Grande Prairie and 490 km northwest of Edmonton. As a regional hub, it offers full services, scenic river valley views, and a blend of urban amenities with northern charm. In addition to competitive compensation and flexible benefits, a Remote Retention Allowance is currently in place, to a maximum of $3,000 annually.

This non‑pensionable allowance is paid on an hourly basis for all hours worked at the basic rate of pay.

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

You will assist with ensuring that ambulances or other Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicles, such as non‑emergent transport (NET), are properly stocked and equipped. The working environment for an ACP is demanding and includes exposure to heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind, moving traffic, and industrial and agricultural equipment. You will need 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.

The working conditions for an ACP are also physically demanding. You must be able to endure frequent lifting and carrying of up to 105lbs, 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, bend, twist, side‑carry up to 20lbs in each hand and assume awkward positions.
Position Details   Transition Company:
Emergency Health Services
Classification:
Advanced Care Paramedic (2190)
Union: HSAA
Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program:
Emergency Health Services
Primary

Location:

Peace River EMS
Location Details:
As Per Location
Multi‑Site:
Not Applicable
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 29‑SEP‑2026
Temporary Employee Class:
Temporary Full Time

Date Available:

09‑OCT‑2026
Temporary End Date: 01‑MAR‑2027
Hours per

Shift: 12
Length of Shift in weeks: 8
Shifts per cycle: 28
Shift Pattern:
Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
Days Off:
As Per Rotation
Minimum Salary: $40.29
Maximum Salary: $53.06
Vehicle Requirement:
Not Applicable

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 CPR certification.
Must hold or be able to…