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Title: Emergency Medical Responder

Company: Covenant Health
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Job Type: FullTime, Shift, Weekends

Description:

As an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) at IFT Vulcan, you will assess emergency scenes and patients, transport ill or injured patients, operate ambulances, provide simple treatments, and complete required documentation. The role involves exposure to various weather conditions, hazardous scenes, and physically demanding tasks.

* Transition Company: Emergency Health Services

* Classification: Emergency Med Responder (2088)

* Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

* Unit and Program: Calgary Zone EMS - IFT Vulcan

* Primary Location: EMS Vulcan

* Location Details: As Per Location

* Multi-Site: Not Applicable

* FTE: 1.00

* Posting End Date: 10-FEB-2026

* Employee Class: Regular Full Time

* Date Available: 20-FEB-2026

* Hours per Shift: 11.43

* Length of Shift in weeks: 8

* Shifts per cycle: 28

* Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends

* Days Off: As Per Rotation

* Minimum Salary: $22.40

* Maximum Salary: $26.19

* Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:

Non-restricted registration in good standing with the Alberta College of Paramedics (ACOP) as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)

Current Basic Cardiac Life Support CPR certification

Valid class 4 Alberta Operator License or equivalent

Successful completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test

Satisfactory criminal record check with vulnerable sector search

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous EMS experience

Completion of additional post-secondary programs

Experience in Health Care and Public Safety

Preference given to various EMS environments

Completion of additional post-secondary programs

Experience in Health Care and Public Safety

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Title: Emergency Medical Responder
Company: Covenant Health
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Your Opportunity: This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies with IFT Vulcan.Description: As an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), 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, assessing emergency scenes and patients, providing simple treatments and completing required documentation including patient care reports. You will assist with ensuring that ambulances or other Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicles, such as nonemergent transport (NET), are properly stocked and equipped. The working environment for an EMR 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 EMR 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, sidecarry up to 20lbs in each hand and assume awkward positions.

Transition Company: Emergency Health Services
 Classification: Emergency Med Responder (2088)
 Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
 Unit and Program: Calgary Zone EMS  IFT Vulcan
 Primary Location: EMS Vulcan
 Location Details: As Per Location
 MultiSite: Not Applicable
 FTE: 1.00
 Posting End Date: 10FEB2026
 Employee Class: Regular Full Time
 Date Available: 20FEB2026
 Hours per Shift: 11.43
 Length of Shift in weeks: 8
 Shifts per cycle: 28
 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
 Days Off: As Per Rotation
 Minimum Salary: $22.40
 Maximum Salary: $26.19
 Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:Nonrestricted registration in good standing with the Alberta College of Paramedics (ACOP) as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support CPR certification. Must hold or be able to obtain a valid class 4 Alberta Operator License or equivalent and a five (5) year driver abstract current within six (6) months with no more than six (6) demerits prior to commencing work. Proof of the successful completion of the Functional Abilities Recruitment Evaluation (F.A.R.E.) test via the certificate provided by the Lifemark organization for those who do not already hold a clinical position within AHS EMS (VESST, Clinical Educator, EMR, PCP, ACP and Community Paramedic). Your F.A.R.E. test must be completed no more than six (6) months prior to the date of your application. Alberta Health Services EMS may verify results with Lifemark to ensure the candidate has successfully completed the test. Please contact Lifemark at www.lifemark.ca/albertahealthservices to find more information on the F.A.R.E. test and how to book your evaluation. Candidates must be qualified to perform full operational duties as of start date. Additional Required Qualifications:Successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check with vulnerable sector search, from a law enforcement agency, prior to their first day of work (CRC/VSS must be dated no more than 90 days prior to the date on the written offer letter and prior to the start date). Applicants are encouraged to seek a CRC/VSS as early on as possible during the selection process to avoid delays in their onboarding. Candidates must be qualified to perform full operational duties as of start date. Preferred Qualifications:Preference is given to those with previous EMS experience in a metro, suburban, rural, or interfacility environment and in other areas of Health Care and Public Safety. Completion of additional postsecondary programs is considered an asset and will be considered during the selection process.

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