BLS Instructor, 25% Per Diem

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

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

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