Ambulance Operator/Attendant
Location: St. John's Base
Ambulance Operator/Attendant
Paramedicine - MedFlight - St. John's
Permanent Full-time
NAPE
29265POS
Hours: 75 bi-weekly (8 & 12 hours, Shift Work, Rotating; Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends)
Salary: CG-25 (CAD24.26 - CAD26.71 per hour)
Competition Number: VAC0015638
Posted Date: 2025-09-04
Closing Date: 2025-09-11
Job Summary
The Ambulance Operator/Attendant will be responsible for skilled work in the operation of ambulances in transporting patients while exercising care and skill in driving. The successful incumbent will provide assistance to the MedFlight staff in patient handling, such as proper lifting of patients and other related duties as required.
The successful applicant will report directly to the Operations Manager of MedFlight NL. The base for this service is located in St. John's.
Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):
Regularly lifts and moves patients and equipment (between 25-50 lbs.) and involved in heavy lifting/pushing/pulling of stretchers (100 lbs.) and patients;
Constantly stands, bends, stretches, kneels or pushes and pulls; sometimes in small and cramped spaces.
Constantly requires visual concentration or alertness to drive ambulances, complete site and patient assessments and to administer medications. Regularly there are time pressures in the pre-hospital emergency setting.
Regularly there is lack of control over work pace occurs due to the unpredictable situations during a medical emergency, or unpredictable call volume.
Job Qualifications
Graduation from an approved Emergency Medical Responder course (10-day course) accredited by the Canadian Medical Association.
Current registration with the NL Paramedicine Regulation as an EMR.
Current medical certification with the Office of the Provincial Medical Director.
Possession of a valid Class 4 Driver's License as issued by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
A satisfactory Driver?s Abstract from Motor Vehicle Registration is required.
Current certification in Basic Life Support.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Critical and sound decision making skills.
Successful completion of the Physical Capability testing certificate (within the last 3 months) and continued responsibility to meet the minimum standards of physical capability as outlined in provincial policy.
A satisfactory record of work performance and attendance is required.
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