BLS Instructor, 25% Per Diem

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BLS Instructor, 25% Per Diem

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

varies depending on departmental needs

Posted Date

08/04/2026

Salary Range: $33.09 - 65.77 Hourly

Employment Type

6 - Staff: Per Diem

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

32197

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The UCLA Center for Prehospital Care is the leading emergency and prehospital academic center on the West Coast. One of only four centers of its kind in the nation, the Center is dedicated to advancing the systems and methods of EMS. We teach, test, and certify the people who provide care to the ill or injured prior to hospital admission.

BLS Instructors provide lecture presentations, and skills instruction according to American Heart Association Community Training Center standards. Courses are provided for the UCLA Medical Center, and general medical community at large. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: providing demonstrations, acting as a student advocate in the learning process, creating an active learning environment, ensuring course requirements, recording and communicating student attendance, and objectives are met, and other duties as assigned. This is a 25% per diem position, may convert to career.

Salary:$33.09 - $65.77 hourly

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• AHS BLS Provider & Instructor

• Current certification as an EMT or EMT-Intermediate, or current licensure as a Paramedic.

• Baccalaureate degree in health related field, nursing, health care administration, health care education, emergency medical services or a related field (preferred).

• Minimum of one (1-2) years work experience on an ambulance or in a hospital emergency department.

• Previous experience coordinating education course or time management and organizational skills.

• Current provider certification in BLS from the American Heart Association.

• Current instructor certification from the American Heart Association in BLS.

• Completion of NAEMSE/NHTSA EMS educator course, Firefighter 1A/1B, or American Heart Association "Core" instructor course (preferred).

• Detailed knowledge in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective objectives for the course.

• Detailed knowledge and experience in the application and techniques of clinical equipment and supplies.

• Working knowledge of the different scopes of practices for EMTs, paramedics, registered nurses, and physicians.

• Available to meet scheduling requirements to include evenings, holidays, and/or weekends.

• Ability to foster a stimulating classroom environment.

• Must be able to frequently sit, walk, stand, lift, carry, and balance at times in excess of 125 pounds. Hand-Eye and motor coordination is necessary. The work may involve light lifting (from 10 to 20 pounds maximum) to very heavy lifting (50 pounds occasionally, no maximum) and can involve climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, fingering, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing (including the ability to perceive differences in colors, shades, or harmonious combinations or to match colors is required).

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

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