Aspen RxHealth

Advanced Care Paramedic

Aspen RxHealth • $83K — $110K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Non-restricted ACP registration with the Alberta College of Paramedics.
  • BCLS CPR certification.
  • Valid Class 4 Alberta Operator's Licence with a clean driver abstract.
  • Successful completion of the F.A.R.E. test within the past six months if not currently in a clinical role.
  • Minimum 1 year experience in EMS frontline operations preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Safely operate emergency vehicles and respond to medical emergencies.
  • Assess emergency scenes and transport patients as needed.
  • Administer patient care including medications and advanced life support procedures.
  • Lead the ALS team during patient transport or at emergency scenes.
  • Ensure ambulances and transport units are properly stocked and maintained.

Benefits

  • Work as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
  • Exposure to diverse and challenging work environments.
  • Opportunity to contribute significantly to patient care and community health.
  • Variety of shifts including days, evenings, nights, and weekends.
Full Job Description
Your Opportunity:

As an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) in Healthy Streets, you will be a patient advocate who will effectively communicate and interact with community partners and allied healthcare professionals to ensure safe and proficient patient care and transportation. To fulfill your responsibilities, you will safely operate emergency vehicles, respond to medical and traumatic emergencies and inter-facility transport requests while adhering to professional standards, medical control protocols, standard operating procedures, polices and directives. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team. This posting will be used to fill multiple vacancies.

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: EHS Operations
  • Primary Location: EMS Edmonton Zone
  • Location Details: As Per Location
  • Multi-Site: Not Applicable
  • FTE: 1.00
  • Posting End Date: 01-OCT-2026
  • Employee Class: Regular Full Time
  • Date Available: 19-OCT-2026
  • Hours per Shift: 12
  • Length of Shift in weeks: 8
  • Shifts per cycle: 28
  • Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
  • Days Off: As Per Rotation
  • 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 a valid Class 4 Alberta Operator's Licence, or equivalent, and provide a five (5)-year driver abstract, current within six (6) months and with no more than six (6) demerits, prior to commencing work. Proof of successful completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test, verified by a certificate provided by the Lifemark organization, is required for applicants who do not already hold a clinical position within EHS (VESST, Clinical Educator, EMR, PCP, ACP, or Community Paramedic). The F.A.R.E. test must be completed no more than six (6) months prior to the date of the job offer. Contact Lifemark at www.lifemark.ca/alberta-health-services for more information about the F.A.R.E. test and how to book your evaluation. Candidates must be qualified to perform full operational duties as of the start date.
Additional Required Qualifications:
As required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Please provide a chronological resume and cover letter in PDF format. Minimum 1 year experience working as posted designation in EMS frontline operations. Demonstrate current, relevant experience as an AHS employee working in; Metro EMS, dedicated Intra-facility transport, and Suburban/Rural EMS. Demonstrated experience collaborating with the Healthy Streets team.

About Aspen RxHealth

Aspen RxHealth is a healthcare technology company that provides a platform for pharmacists to offer clinical services to patients. The company's platform connects pharmacists with patients through telehealth and provides tools for pharmacists to manage patient care. Aspen RxHealth's mission is to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs by leveraging the expertise of pharmacists.
Learn more about Aspen RxHealth
Size
398 employees
Market Cap
$6.8 million
Industry
Net Income
-$8.2 million
Founded
2018
5 Year Trend
+40%
Revenue
$58.7 million
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