Common use of Remote Deployment Clause in Contracts

Remote Deployment. ‌ (a) Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) is the minimum qualification for ambulance paramedics in remote posts, but the the Employer may employ ambulance paramedics with lesser qualifications as necessary to maintain services in the absence or unavailability of a paramedic with PCP qualifications. (b) Primary Operator staff are regular part-time and on-call paramedics attached to an operator or post to access work assignments, and full- time paramedics attached to an operator or post to access on-call or standby work assignments that are separate from their normal full- time working assignment. (c) On-call work assignments (callout) will be one method of shift coverage in Remote designated communities. (d) Scheduling rules and processes will be designed to meet local needs and will be managed locally by Unit Chiefs. The Unit Chiefs will be guided by the work allocation language prescribed by Schedules E3.06 through E3.10 of the Agreement. If it is identified by either party that work allocation procedures need to be amended for specific operators or posts, the venue to address these issues will be through RJLMC meetings under Article 8.06. Agreements made at the RJLMC level will then need to be ratified by the PJLMC process, consistent with Article 8.06(c). (e) Where the principals at the RJLMC level are unable to come to an agreement on amendments to specific station or post scheduling processes, the matter is to be referred to the PJLMC process identified in this memorandum. (f) On-call work assignments in remote communities will be based on fair and equitable considerations within the individual operator or post.