Job Description

Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP)

BC Emergency Health Services

Full Time, Regularly Scheduled ACP

Chilliwack, BC

Bring your Advanced Care Paramedic experience to BC Emergency Health Services!

Open the door to your career in beautiful British Columbia. You will contribute to and promote a culture that is patient focused, supportive and respectful of all individuals embracing BCEHS values and guaranteeing that all interactions are performed with professionalism, courtesy, dignity, and respect.

Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) job highlights:

• Opportunities to transfer to different regions to experience different lifestyles.
• Provide patient care in pre-hospital emergency situations and transport by ambulance.
• Paid medical and dental benefits, pension, vacation, and access to ongoing training.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll do:

ACP professionals provide advanced clinical care to the acutely injured as well as complex primary and urgent care patients. They provide clinical leadership on complex calls and maintain a progressive scope of practice to manage a variety of patient presentations. Every shift is guaranteed to be different, but you can expect to:

• Provide patient care in, out of hospital emergency and urgent situations, using critical thinking and safe work practices at all times.

• Advocate for patients through effective communication with colleagues, allied health care professionals and emergency service partners.
• Provide clinical leadership and support to the patient care teams.
• Identify issues and strategies to address complex program or system-wide issues which will enhance service delivery and patient care supported by our BCEHS research agenda.
• Collaborate with health care teams in addressing appropriate patient care needs which may result in non-conveyance.

What you bring:

Qualifications:

• Current ACP license to practice in the province of British Columbia (issued by EMALB).
• Class 1, 2 or 4 BC driver\'s license (or out of province equivalent), or the ability to obtain within 6 months from your start date.
• Current driver\'s abstract demonstrating a safe driving record.
• Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain)

Skills:

• Strong mental resiliency and maturity; highly functional in a dynamic environment

• Commitment to develop knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents \xe2\x80\x93 including Truth & Reconciliation Commission\xe2\x80\x99s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC\'s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study \xe2\x80\x93 and how they intersect across the health care system.
• Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC\'s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019)
• As a strong asset for consideration, our successful candidate will have knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety.

As per the current Public Health Order, full vaccination against COVID-19 is a condition of employment with PHSA as of October 26, 2021.

What We Bring:

• Join one of BC\xe2\x80\x99s largest employers with province-wide programs, services, and operations \xe2\x80\x93 offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
• Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as the San\xe2\x80\x99yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
• The ability to take your career anywhere in British Columbia.
• Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.

What We Do:

The British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) is the lead Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency in British Columbia, the largest EMS provider in Canada, and one of the largest in North America responding to over 600,000 ground calls and 7,800 air calls every year. BCEHS program is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). We are also responsible for the delivery, coordination and governance of appropriate and effective out-of-hospital and inter-facility health services throughout B.C.

BCEHS is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority ( ) which plans, manages, and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people \xe2\x80\x93 Be compassionate \xe2\x80\x93 Dare to innovate \xe2\x80\x93 Cultivate partnerships \xe2\x80\x93 Serve with purpose.

Learn more about PHSA and our programs:

Reconciliation is an ongoing process and a shared responsibility for all of us. The BC Governments\xe2\x80\x99 unanimous passage of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act was a significant step forward in this journey\xe2\x80\x94one that all health authorities are expected to support as we work in cooperation with Indigenous Peoples to establish a clear and sustainable path to lasting reconciliation. True reconciliation will take time and ongoing commitment to work with Indigenous Peoples as they move toward self-determination. Guiding these efforts PHSA must uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents such as including Truth & Reconciliation Commission\xe2\x80\x99s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC\'s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.

To Apply

BEHS and PHSA are committed to employment equity, encouraging all qualified individuals to apply to include the required documents as an attachment. We recognize that our ability to provide the best care for our diverse patient populations relies on a rich diversity of skills, knowledge, background and experience, and value a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment.

We must have documentation of your BC ACP license issued by EMALB by the closing date of the posting to be considered. Should you have issues attaching documents to your online application, please forward your resume and copies of licenses to

Selection Process

BCEHS must first give preference to qualified, internal applicants before we are able to consider qualified, external applicants.

Formal interviews with shortlisted candidates will be held via video conference. Candidates will be required to successfully complete a criminal record check, and a physical capacity assessment. Canadians and those eligible to work in Canada will be considered before international applicants.

Successful applicants will have up to 90 days to report to British Columbia to attend a 10-day training and orientation program. Successful completion is part of an employee\xe2\x80\x99s probation and is a pre-requisite to working on ambulance or being scheduled in the station.

Questions?

Please contact our external recruitment help desk via email at . For more information on the unique opportunities that BCEHS has to offer, visit

Additional Resources

Have you seen our latest recruitment video, featuring some of our fantastic paramedics and managers across the province? Check out this section of our website, where you can view the video and sign up for our mailing list if you\'re not quite ready to apply but want to learn more.

If you do not yet hold a BC class 1, 2 or 4 driver\xe2\x80\x99s license, please visit the for more information.

Union: Ambulance Paramedics and Dispatchers of BC

Job Location: Chilliwack, BC Canada

Job Type: Full Time, Regularly Scheduled

Number of Positions: 1 (one)

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: August 10, 2023

Labor Agreement
Requisition # EB23:221e-2402884
Work Site Chilliwack
Job Type Regular, Full-Time
FTE 1.00
Hours of Work
Work Days
Expiry Date 10-Aug-2023

Provincial Health Services Authority