Paramedic – Mining Operations

Job Description

The role is responsible for providing timely emergency medical response, assessment, treatment, stabilization, and coordination of transport for employees, contractors, and visitors at Haile Gold Mine. The position supports continuous site coverage, emergency preparedness, occupational health activities, regulatory compliance, and safe mining operations while working within approved clinical operating guidelines, medical control direction, and site emergency procedures.

1. Emergency Medical Response and Patient Care

• Respond promptly to medical emergencies and MAYDAY events across surface, underground, processing, and support areas.

• Assess, treat, stabilize, reassess, and coordinate transport or transfer of care in accordance with approved South Carolina EMS clinical operating guidelines and medical control direction.

• Maintain patient confidentiality and complete accurate electronic patient care records before the end of the assigned shift.

2. EMS Readiness, Equipment, and Medication Control

• Complete shift checks of the ambulance, response vehicle, treatment room, medical equipment, oxygen, medications, and supplies; correct or report deficiencies promptly.

• Maintain ambulance, paramedic office, and treatment areas in a clean, sanitary, secure, and response-ready condition.

• Follow approved procedures for medication inventory, storage, security, temperature control, expiration checks, access, and documentation.

3. Emergency Preparedness and Mine Response

• Participate in emergency drills, mine rescue support, fire response, hazardous-material response, mass-casualty readiness, evacuation, and other site emergency activities as trained and assigned.

• Support incident command, emergency communications, scene safety, triage, and coordination with site departments and outside responders.

• Maintain familiarity with site hazards, access routes, muster points, underground operations, processing areas, and emergency response plans.

4. Training, Quality, and Regulatory Compliance

• Maintain all required EMS credentials, continuing education, competencies, fit testing, and site training.

• Participate in case review, QA/QI, protocol review, equipment checks, audits, and corrective actions.

• Perform duties in accordance with company requirements, MSHA standards, South Carolina EMS requirements, approved protocols, and applicable pharmacy controls.

5. Health, Safety, and Team Support

• Promote a visible safety culture and identify, report, and help control hazards that may affect patients, responders, or operations.

• Provide first aid, health education, injury follow-up support, and occupational health assistance within training, authorization, and assigned scope.

• Work collaboratively with other paramedics, Health & Safety personnel, Security, Mine Rescue, operational teams, and external emergency services to maintain around-the-clock response capability.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; associate degree in Emergency Medical Services or a related field preferred.

• Current South Carolina Paramedic certification in good standing and eligibility to function under the site Medical Control Physician.

• Minimum 2 years of active paramedic experience preferred; industrial, mining, fire service, rescue, or high-hazard response experience strongly preferred.

• Ability to work independently on rotating 12-hour shifts and respond effectively in remote, underground, industrial, and high-risk environments.

• Demonstrates commitment to health, safety, environmental, community, MSHA, and HSEC standards.

• Complies with all site safety requirements, procedures, fitness-for-duty expectations, and mandatory training.

• Actively promotes a positive safety culture, uses stop-work authority when appropriate, and maintains scene safety.

• Advanced patient assessment, emergency treatment, triage, resuscitation, trauma care, medical emergencies, and transport decision-making.

• EMS documentation, QA/QI, infection prevention, medication security, equipment readiness, and patient confidentiality.

• Incident command, emergency radio communication, scene size-up, hazard recognition, teamwork, and calm decision-making under pressure.

• Working knowledge of mining hazards, confined/remote environments, hazardous materials awareness, and emergency response coordination.

• Ability to work in office, treatment room, ambulance, surface mining, processing, and underground operational environments.

• Ability to walk on uneven terrain, climb stairs and ladders, access elevated or restricted work areas, and work in heat, cold, noise, dust, rain, and low-light conditions.

• Ability to wear required PPE and respiratory protection and to perform patient movement, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling consistent with safe EMS practices and company policy.

• Ability to work extended or irregular hours, nights, weekends, holidays, and emergency call-ins as operationally required.

• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

• Current South Carolina Paramedic certification.

• Current BLS/CPR for Healthcare Providers; ACLS and PALS required or obtained within the company-defined onboarding period.

• Preferred or required based on assignment: PHTLS/ITLS, NRP, ICS-100/200/700/800, HazMat awareness/operations, mine rescue, confined space, rope rescue, and MSHA training.

• All credentials must remain current and in good standing.

Additional Information

WHAT'S ON OFFER:

• Competitive salary + short-term and long-term bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, vision and dental insurance, 401K, and more
• Great residential location close to Charlotte SC, and is located between the mountains and sea.
• Long service recognition
• Living Our Values recognition program
• In-office snack shop
• Monthly paid training available and professional development
• Supportive work environment with a focus on safety and teamwork
• Access to OceanaGold Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
   

YOU MATTER: OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We believe a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. Should you require any assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at [email protected]
 

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