Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where every second counts? As an Emergency Medicine Specialist in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), you’ll provide life-saving emergency care wherever it’s needed, both in Canada and on operations around the world.

This position is available through direct entry, on a full-time or part-time basis, or through our full-time paid education program.

Pay & Benefits

The CAF offers a range of benefits to ensure members are well supported. These include:

- Market-competitive salary
- New pay increases: earn more from the start
- Signing Bonus of up to $225,000
- Paid education and training opportunities
- Vacation, parental, and other types of paid leave
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Counselling and relocation support services
- Pension plan
- Stimulating workplace that promotes respect, belonging, and work-life balance

Overview

As an Emergency Medicine Specialist, your primary duties include:

- Being part of multidisciplinary emergency resuscitation teams in deployed settings, both in Canada and internationally
- Educating and mentoring other providers in emergency medicine and advising on best practices in resuscitation care
- Maintaining a high level of clinical skills by holding a position within a civilian health care facility that meets approved CAF requirements




- Contributing to the development and application of health care policies within the CAF

You’ll find a comprehensive list of the primary duties on the Forces.ca website.

To be eligible to apply to the CAF, you must:

- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada
- Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), except:
- For the Paid Education programs, you can be 16 years old (with parental consent)
- For the Primary Reserve, you can be 16 years old (with parental consent) and must be enrolled as a full-time student
- Have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondary 4 in Quebec (some jobs require higher levels of education)

Direct Entry Plan

If you’re certified in Emergency Medicine by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and have an unrestricted licence to practise Emergency Medicine in a Canadian province or territory, you may be eligible for enrolment and to commence basic training.

Join the CAF

For more information or to apply to the CAF as an Emergency Medicine Specialist, contact our recruiters at: [email protected].

Please indicate in the subject line of your email: MEDICAL SPECIALIST

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📌 Emergency Medicine Specialist (Yukon)
🏢 Canadian Armed Forces
📍 Yukon