Employment

Teach Wilderness First Aid & Wilderness First Responder with an Industry Leader

Students during a Wilderness First Responder nighttime scenario practice

Backcountry Medical Training is always on the lookout for exceptional educators to join our team. If you bring the right experience, we’ll provide the training you need to lead Wilderness First Aid and Wilderness First Responder courses.

Please review the employment criteria below. If you're interested in working with us, send your resume, details about your patient care experience, availability, and a brief introduction to:
info@backcountrymedicaltraining.com

Thank you for your interest and we and look forward to hearing from you!

Teaching Experience & Skills

  • Two years of teaching experience delivering information to groups of adult learners.
  • Exceptional delivery of material:
    • Information delivered with creativity (good use of analogies, unique tips and tricks enhancing student retention of information).
    • Lectures delivered with passion for the material.
    • The instructor candidate is able to engage well with the audience.
    • Lectures are structured in an organized fashion.
    • Curriculum development experience is strongly preferred.
  • Open and willing to receive feedback on teaching performance.

Wilderness Medicine & Outdoor Leadership Experience

  • An Advanced Medical Certification or a minimum of 4 years:
  • Patient Experience (one of the following):
    • At least 5 documented experiences providing patient care in a wilderness/remote environment.
    • Experience in Emergency Medicine in a professional setting.
  • Current CPR Certification (BLS is required at the Wilderness First Responder instructor level). 
  • Wilderness and Leadership Experience (one of the following):
    • Outdoor Leadership Experience - Preferred (for example, guiding multi-day trips).
    • Personal Wilderness Experience: Extensive personal experience engaging in outdoor recreational activities in the wilderness for multiple days at a time. Our current instructors engage in a wide variety of outdoor activities, including: alpine and rock climbing, backcountry skiing, whitewater rafting and kayaking, sea kayaking, and paragliding.

Teaching Schedule

As nurses, paramedics, wildland firefighters, EMTs, and outdoor professionals, our instructors often have varying and sometimes unpredictable schedules. We ask that each instructor teach a minimum of four classes per year, and we are happy to work around their availability. Our number one priority is bringing on exceptional educators, and we will do whatever scheduling flexibility is necessary to support that commitment.

Training

Backcountry Medical Training provides comprehensive instructor training to all newly hired instructors. The course includes formal classroom instruction and observation, with the majority of time dedicated to teaching alongside and mentoring with our outstanding crew.

Equipment

We provide our instructors with all the gear necessary to teach our Wilderness First Aid and Wilderness First Responder courses. We don't skimp on our student supplies from CAT tourniquets and vacuum splints, to steri-strips and bananas.