Training to become a Certified Paramedic HF
Schlieren
Key information
- Publication date:26 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Schlieren
Job summary
Join our dynamic emergency service team providing vital care! Work with us in a supportive environment offering great opportunities.
Tasks
- Organize and lead rescue operations based on your training level.
- Ensure situationally appropriate medical care for patients.
- Drive emergency vehicles safely, with or without sirens.
Skills
- Hold a secondary school diploma and a valid driver’s license.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential.
- Ability to perform under pressure and adapt quickly.
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Our hospital-based emergency medical service carries out over 7,500 missions annually at our locations in Schlieren and Regensdorf. Since March 2020, our emergency service has also been a training center for emergency physicians and has a deep partnership with Alpine Air Ambulance (AAA).
The operational area includes ten Limmattal municipalities as well as the seven municipalities of the Zurich planning group Furttal and also includes active neighborhood assistance in the adjacent municipalities and the city of Zurich. Through close cooperation with partner organizations such as police, fire department, and other emergency services, we ensure fast, competent, and seamless care.
As a training company, we train several students annually to become Certified Paramedics HF. The flexible duty scheduling in the emergency service enables an optimal work-life balance.
- in organizing and leading rescue missions corresponding to your training level
- in ensuring phase-appropriate, situation-adapted emergency medical care for your patients
- in initiating and carrying out medical measures within your area of competence
- in performing hygiene measures and tasks that serve to restore operational readiness
- in operating and monitoring all technical aids used
- in driving emergency vehicles with and without special signals
- have a secondary level II qualification (at least 3-year vocational training with Federal Certificate of Competence, FMS or Matura)
- hold a D1/C1 driver’s license
- have completed the Multicheck (Health HF / Certified Paramedic HF)
- have a current extract from the criminal and ADMAS register
- are at least 23 years old at the start of training
- discounted employee parking spaces
- motorcycle parking spaces, lockable bicycle parking spaces
- We contribute up to CHF 350.00 annually (100% workload) towards your public transport subscription
As a major health partner with a comprehensive training mandate, the Limmattal Hospital Association takes on the extended basic medical care of over 98,000 patients annually, in all phases of life. LIMMI is broadly specialized and offers high-quality medical care as well as in-depth expert knowledge in numerous surgical, medical, and nursing specialties and disciplines. The hospital association has 188 acute care beds, 126 long-term care beds, a hospital-based emergency service, nine operating rooms, and eight intensive care beds. More than 1,600 employees from 57 nations provide excellent and diverse services daily.
