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Coastal Assurance was created to bridge the gap between Pacific Northwest Communities and major projects on the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Coastal Assurance is a CannAmm, SUREhire, E.C.S Safety Services, Shift OHS and IWCT registered collection facility and compliant with the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation.

Pacific Paramedics Ltd is a 100% Métis Owned business established in 2014 by Jessica Laberge in Prince Rupert, BC.

​Pacific Paramedics Ltd. is a Registered business with ISN, ComplyWorks, MNBC and the BC Métis Federation

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Basic First Aid Attendant (OFA 1) 

Responsibilities:

  • Promptly providing injured workers with a level of care within the scope of each attendant's training

  • Objectively recording reported signs and symptoms of injuries and/or exposures

  • Referring injured workers to medical treatment if injuries are serious or beyond the scope of an attendant's training

  • Being physically and mentally capable of safely and effectively performing all related duties

  • During all working hours, attendants must be present in the area they serve — even when workers may not actually be working, such as during lunch or coffee breaks.

  • Attendants must be ready to receive or attend to  injured workers without delay, usually within three to five minutes of being called.

  • At each worksite, the central first aid service should be within 10 minutes of all workers.

Specific Requirements

  • Basic First Aid Attendant OFA 1 Certification

Standard Requirements

  • 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.

  • 19 years of age or older

  • You are legally entitled to work in Canada

  • You are available to work a variety of shifts as required

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

  • You are considered a team player by other health care professionals

  • Current driver's abstract demonstrating a safe driving record.

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

Pay: Starting at $17.40 per hour

Expected Hours: Project Specific

Work Location: In Person, On Location

Intermediate First Aid Attendant (OFA 2)

Responsibilities:

  • Assess extent of injuries or medical illnesses of trauma victims, patients with respiratory disease and stress, overdose and poisoning victims, industrial accident victims and other ill or injured individuals to determine emergency medical treatment

  • Administer pre-hospital emergency care to patients such as oxygen therapy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), spinal immobilization, bandaging and splinting

  • Establish and maintain intravenous treatment (IV), apply adjunctive equipment for ventilation and circulation complications, administer medications and provide other advanced emergency treatment to patients

  • Transport patients by air, land or water to hospital or other medical facility for further medical care

  • Collaborate with ambulance dispatch centres, hospital staff, police, firefighters and family members to ensure relevant information is collected and proper treatment is administered

  • Document and record nature of injuries and illnesses and treatment provided

  • Assist hospital personnel with provision of medical treatment, if necessary

  • Maintain emergency care equipment and supplies

  • May train and supervise other workers in this unit group

  • May assist with triage of emergency patients

 

Specific Requirements

  • Intermediate First Aid Attendant OFA 2 Certification

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

Standard Requirements

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

 

Pay: Starting at $20 per hour

Expected Hours: Project Specific

Work Location: In Person, On Location

Advanced First Aid Attendant (OFA 3)

Responsibilities:

  • Providing prompt first aid within the scope of their training

  • Recording all observed and reported signs and symptoms of injuries, including exposure to hazardous materials

  • Referring injured employees to further medical assistance as needed, such as when the level of required care exceeds the scope of their training

  • Being physically and mentally capable of providing first aid

  • Assuming responsibility and authority over the injured until the responsibility for treatment is accepted at another medical facility, by someone with a higher level of first aid training, or by a paramedic

Specific Requirements:

  • Advanced First Aid Attendant OFA 3 Certification

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

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Those operating emergency vehicles require an appropriate class of licence.

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $25/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

(EMR) Emergency Medical Responder

​Responsibilities

  • Provide patient care and transportation by ambulance in pre-hospital emergency situations, always using critical thinking and safe work practices.

  • Advocate for patients through effective communication with colleagues, allied health care professionals and public safety partners.

  • Be responsible for the safe operation of ambulances.

  • Identify issues and strategies to address complex program or system-wide issues which will enhance service delivery and patient care.

  • Scene assessment

  • Assessment of level of consciousness, skin colour and temperature, pulse, and respiration;

  • Rapid body survey to identify and attend to any life threatening injuries followed by a secondary assessment consisting of a physical examination, medical and incident history, and vital signs;

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

  • Maintenance of airways and ventilation, including by

    • insertion and maintenance of oropharyngeal airway devices and nasopharyngeal airway devices, and

    • use of suction devices and bag-valve-mask devices

  • Oxygen administration and use of oxygen administration equipment

  • Use of automatic and semi-automatic defibrillators

  • Wound management not requiring tissue puncture or indentation

  • Fracture management and immobilization

  • Lifting/loading and extrication/evacuation

  • Occupational first aid

  • Transportation

  • Soft tissue injury treatment

Specific Requirements​

  • A valid Emergency Medical Responder license issued through the Emergency Medical Licensing Board

 

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $27/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

(PCP) Primary Care Paramedic

Responsibilities:

  • Provide patient care and transportation by ambulance in pre-hospital emergency situations, always using critical thinking and safe work practices.

  • Advocate for patients through effective communication with colleagues, allied health care professionals and public safety partners.

  • Be responsible for the safe operation of ambulances.

  • Identify issues and strategies to address complex program or system-wide issues which will enhance service delivery and patient care.

  • Scene assessment

  • Assessment of level of consciousness, skin colour and temperature, pulse, and respiration;

  • Rapid body survey to identify and attend to any life threatening injuries followed by a secondary assessment consisting of a physical examination, medical and incident history, and vital signs;

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

  • Maintenance of airways and ventilation, including by

    • insertion and maintenance of oropharyngeal airway devices and nasopharyngeal airway devices, and

    • use of suction devices and bag-valve-mask devices

  • Oxygen administration and use of oxygen administration equipment

  • Use of automatic and semi-automatic defibrillators

  • Wound management not requiring tissue puncture or indentation

  • Fracture management and immobilization

  • Lifting/loading and extrication/evacuation

  • Occupational first aid

  • Transportation

  • Soft tissue injury treatment

  • Administration of the following inhaled, intramuscular, intranasal, intraosseous, intravenous, nebulized, oral, subcutaneous or sublingual medications:

    • opioid antagonist;

    • anti-histaminic;

    • sympathomimetic agent;

    • procoagulant;

    • anti-hypoglycemic agent;

    • anti-pyretic;

  • Insertion and maintenance of airway devices not requiring visualization of the larynx;

  • Maintenance of intravenous lines, including use of infusion devices and saline locks;

  • Initiation of peripheral intravenous lines;

  • Point-of-care testing to inform emergency treatment or transportation decisions or to provide information for subsequent treatment;

  • End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring.

Specific Requirements

  • A valid Primary Care Paramedic license issued through the Emergency Medical Licensing Board

  • You have previous work experience with high acuity calls in a high call volume area

  • You have the proven ability to lead others

  • You are considered a team player by other health care professionals

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $35/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

(ACP) Advanced Care Paramedic

Responsibilities:

  • Assess extent of injuries or medical illnesses of trauma victims, patients with respiratory disease and stress, overdose and poisoning victims, industrial accident victims and other ill or injured individuals to determine emergency medical treatment

  • Administer pre-hospital emergency care to patients such as oxygen therapy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), spinal immobilization, bandaging and splinting

  • Establish and maintain intravenous treatment (IV), apply adjunctive equipment for ventilation and circulation complications, administer medications and provide other advanced emergency treatment to patients

  • Transport patients by air, land or water to hospital or other medical facility for further medical care

  • Collaborate with ambulance dispatch centres, hospital staff, police, firefighters and family members to ensure relevant information is collected and proper treatment is administered

  • Document and record nature of injuries and illnesses and treatment provided

  • Assist hospital personnel with provision of medical treatment, if necessary

  • Maintain emergency care equipment and supplies

  • May train and supervise other workers in this unit group

  • May assist with triage of emergency patients.

 

Specific Requirements

  • A valid Advanced Care Paramedic license issued through the Emergency Medical Licensing Board

  • You have previous work experience with high acuity calls in a high call volume area

  • You have the proven ability to lead others

  • You are considered a team player by other health care professionals

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $40/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

(LPN) Licensed Practical Nurse

Responsibilities:

  • Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures

  • Perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection

  • Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects

  • Monitor patients' progress, evaluate and document effectiveness of nursing interventions and collaborate with appropriate members of health care team

  • Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families.

Specific Requirements

  • Completion of a vocational, college or other approved program for licensed practical nurses is required.

  • Registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives

  • You have previous work experience with high acuity calls in a high call volume area

  • You have the proven ability to lead others

  • You are considered a team player by other health care professionals

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $45/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

(RN) Registered Nurse

Responsibilities

  • Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions

  • Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families

  • Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician or according to established policies and protocols

  • Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions

  • Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment

  • May supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff

  • May develop and implement discharge planning process on admission of patients

  • May teach and counsel patients and their families on health-related issues in collaboration with other health care providers.

Requirements: 

  • Completion of a university, college or other approved registered nursing program.

  • Registration with a BC College of Nurses and Midwives

Standard Requirements​

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $55/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

Occupational Health Nurse

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement employee health education programs and provide registered nursing care in private businesses and industry.

  • Perform client assessment, planning, implementation of care, and on-going evaluation

  • Administrate the medical surveillance program (annual testing/annual medicals) for compliance with company requirements

  • Facilitate First Aid training and health and wellness sessions

  • Manage preventive health programs including immunizations

  • Revise and create procedures and work instructions

  • Compile and submit injury statistics reports

  • Perform health inspections

  • Participate in emergency training exercises with the

  • Emergency Response Team

  • Provide sample collection for substance testing in support of the Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Program

Specific Requirements

  • Completion of a university, college or other approved registered nursing program.

  • Registration with a BC College of Nurses and Midwives

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $65/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

CSO & NCSO Safety Advisor

Responsibilities: 

  • Assist management to implement, maintain, and monitor a company’s health and safety system.

  • Review and identify various health and safety issues specific to the work site and company operations.

  • Communicate effectively with government, occupational health and safety officers, management, and workers regarding all aspects of health and safety

Specific Requirements

NCSO (National Construction Safety Officer) Certification

Certification as a Construction Safety Officer (CSO) by provincially chartered association.

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

CSO Pay: Starting $36

NCSO Pay: Starting at $45

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

Security Guard

Responsibilities

  • Control access to worksites, establishments, operate security control-room equipment and patrol assigned areas to guard against theft, vandalism and fire

  • Enforce regulations to maintain order and resolve conflicts and to monitor establishment activities

  • Ensure safety and emergency procedures are followed

Specific Requirements: 

  • BC Security Guard License

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $20/hr

Expected Hours: up to 90 per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

Wildlife Monitor

Responsibilities

  • Provide safety and hazard assessments in advance of field workers. 

  • Maintaining the safety of crews working in wilderness environments and keeping them aware of the wildlife around them.

  • Identify and respond to potentially dangerous wildlife in a safe and deliberate manner a

  • Provide a field-level emergency response to various hazards that may be encountered while working in remote locations.

  • Closely follow wildlife hazard assessments and act appropriately in high stress situations.

Specific Requirements: 

  • Wildlife Monitoring Certificate or Wildlife Safety Technician Certification

  • Valid Possession Acquisition License (PAL)

  • Canadian Firearms Safety Training

  • Firearms License

  • Have or be able to obtain Wilderness First Aid CPR + AED Certification

Standard Requirements

  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions.

  • 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.

  • A high school diploma or equivalent

  • Work permit for Canada (or able to obtain).

  • 19 years or older

  • Ability to work a variety of shifts as required

  • Pre Employment Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • You are medically fit and have the ability to pass a Criminal Record Check

Pay: Starting at $25/hr

Expected Hours: project dependent per week

Work Location: In Person, On Location

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