Looking For EMT Jobs Around

[EMS92 30]

Hey Everyone! I am currently looking for an EMT-B job around the westchester area and I was wondering if any of you knew if any of the agencies around here are looking to hire anyone? you can either PM or reply back to this thread. Thanks again guys!

[sympathomedic 383]

I can only speak for Empress with any accuracy. We just hired about 15 guys, but will likely hire more n abut a month. You should apply on line at empressems.com, but then you MUST follow that up with a phone call, as we get like, 100 apps a month.

We hire with no expeience, but I think it is preferred. The site hasa bunch of company info. Pretty varied work asignments- from first aid at Yonkers raceway to running the special trasport units at the Med Center, also hire dispatchers from within as well as other support staff spots off the road.

I would have you PM me, but being farily old I don't know what it is or how to use it.

[RWC130 594]

Empress EMS

http://www.empressems.com/

TransCare EMS

http://transcare.com/

EMStar EMS

http://www.emstarambulance.com/

SeniorCare EMS

http://www.seniorcareems.com/

Mobile Life EMS

http://www.mobilelife.com/

Rockland Mobile Care EMS / Rockland Paramedics

http://www.rocklandmobilecare.com/

Citywide EMS

http://www.citywideambulance.com/

Good Luck!

[mscimia4 5]

Westchester EMS

http://www.westchesterems.org/

[Ladder44 73]

What's the paramedic pay in westchester/rockland area? Obviously I know it's dependent on location, private vs commercial, union vs non-union.....but a ball park

[sympathomedic 383]

Brandie new, no exp full time at Empress is about $18.00/hr. Per-diems get more $$$, no benefits. Cortlandt Regional EXP NEEDED $25/hr. Town Of Mamaroneck Amb District EXP NEEDED, about $30/hr (I gotta look at my stubs some day). EVAC I am pretty sure just went to $28.

[EMS92 30]

does anyone know if any of the VACs around here in Westchester are hiring or would I have to email the VACs or which VACs have paid staff. I already know Dobbs Ferry has paid staff but which other have paid EMT-B?

[recoiloperated 16]

does anyone know if any of the VACs around here in Westchester are hiring or would I have to email the VACs or which VACs have paid staff. I already know Dobbs Ferry has paid staff but which other have paid EMT-B?

Ossining VAC has paid staff.

[Eng51ine 16]

Most paid VACs require experience. You did not indicate whether you have any experience. Empress is a good job as they hire with no experience and you gain experience fairly fast given the call volume.

[EMS92 30]

I have a little over a year of experience

[sympathomedic 383]

The VAC's can be a tough nut to crack. They pay well and demand little by comparison to the commercials. It is a small community and everyone knows everyone- who is a capable, mature, professional providor vs who are the incompetent slackers looking for a job to vegatate in. If folks don't know you they will be reluctant to to hire you for fear you are in the second group. You need a good proven track record for potential new employers to look at.

[Gold Five 1]

Just curious, what does MLSS pay their EMT-Bs to start and how much does the pay go up over time?

[newsbuff 286]

$11 starting, raises after a year.

[Ladder44 73]

Brandie new, no exp full time at Empress is about $18.00/hr. Per-diems get more $$$, no benefits. Cortlandt Regional EXP NEEDED $25/hr. Town Of Mamaroneck Amb District EXP NEEDED, about $30/hr (I gotta look at my stubs some day). EVAC I am pretty sure just went to $28.

18/hr for inner city commercial ems as a medic? Sheesh I'm better off as an emt here at amr (waterbury,CT) at 19.30/hr, medics start at 24/hr too, not to disrespect anyone who works there but how can you afford to live in southern westchester on that pay?

[sympathomedic 383]

I wouldn't describe Yonkers as "inner city". It is a modest city of 190,000 spread over 17 square miles (I think) with malls, parks, 2 golf courses a casino/horse racing track and yes several housing projects.Oh, and 100's of dead-end streets! Realize that much of Empress' work is NOT directly Yonkers 911. We have EMT's in Hawthorne, Peekskiill, Mohegan, Yonkers Raceway and at the Westchester Med Center's specialty care transfer units. Medics also work in Pelham, raceway and Yorktown. All this plus a multitude of accounts for private EMS both schedueled and emergent. Many of our people do not work Yonkers at all.

That being said, no offense taken. We have a low starting salary, but folks keep applying. As a Union steward here I always try to chat with new folks and folks that are leaving and ask why. The new folks tend to be happy to have a paying job, they like the highly flexible schedule (I do 40 hrs in two days and have 5 day weekends), decent medical ( I spent 8 days in the hospital and it cost me $50) and time off benefits. If they love EMS work, there is a lot of it here to love. The folks that leave tend to leave for PD and FD or better paying EMS jobs- jobs that would not hire them without the experience they gained here. It is a bit of a trade off, like so many things- get paid a little to gain a lot, then use that to get paid better later. We have about 200 field staff, I think. Many of them have over 15 years in. In fact in our last contract, we now have a semi-retired status- 25 years on, work 16 hrs/week and keep full benefits.

[Ladder44 73]

I wouldn't describe Yonkers as "inner city". It is a modest city of 190,000 spread over 17 square miles (I think) with malls, parks, 2 golf courses a casino/horse racing track and yes several housing projects.Oh, and 100's of dead-end streets! Realize that much of Empress' work is NOT directly Yonkers 911. We have EMT's in Hawthorne, Peekskiill, Mohegan, Yonkers Raceway and at the Westchester Med Center's specialty care transfer units. Medics also work in Pelham, raceway and Yorktown. All this plus a multitude of accounts for private EMS both schedueled and emergent. Many of our people do not work Yonkers at all.

That being said, no offense taken. We have a low starting salary, but folks keep applying. As a Union steward here I always try to chat with new folks and folks that are leaving and ask why. The new folks tend to be happy to have a paying job, they like the highly flexible schedule (I do 40 hrs in two days and have 5 day weekends), decent medical ( I spent 8 days in the hospital and it cost me $50) and time off benefits. If they love EMS work, there is a lot of it here to love. The folks that leave tend to leave for PD and FD or better paying EMS jobs- jobs that would not hire them without the experience they gained here. It is a bit of a trade off, like so many things- get paid a little to gain a lot, then use that to get paid better later. We have about 200 field staff, I think. Many of them have over 15 years in. In fact in our last contract, we now have a semi-retired status- 25 years on, work 16 hrs/week and keep full benefits.

Thanks for the reply, I didn't know there was more to it then just Yonkers 911s, sounds like a lot of opportunity for advancement and go different routes.

[sympathomedic 383]

It is not a perfect workplace, but it is varied and that is what a lot of guys like. We run about the busiest units and the slowest units in the county. Urban EMS in Yonkers and 20 hour daily standbys at the casino. The guys working the VAC's do nothing but 911, and the guys on the SCT rigs do nothing but transfers. There are full time dispatchers that get (you would think I would know this) $3.00/hr? more than EMT's, and support service staff that get a little bit more than EMT's. On the line there are two EMT level supervisors and 5 medic level. Then a few more higher-ups.

There is a benefit that has Empress pay for upgrade for training from EMT to medic, BUT you MUST pass (FYI medic class drop out rates run about 50%), then you MUST get appointed/upgraded through the internal upgrade system (not everyone passes this step), then you MUST stay for one year.

[Ladder44 73]

It is not a perfect workplace, but it is varied and that is what a lot of guys like. We run about the busiest units and the slowest units in the county. Urban EMS in Yonkers and 20 hour daily standbys at the casino. The guys working the VAC's do nothing but 911, and the guys on the SCT rigs do nothing but transfers. There are full time dispatchers that get (you would think I would know this) $3.00/hr? more than EMT's, and support service staff that get a little bit more than EMT's. On the line there are two EMT level supervisors and 5 medic level. Then a few more higher-ups.

There is a benefit that has Empress pay for upgrade for training from EMT to medic, BUT you MUST pass (FYI medic class drop out rates run about 50%), then you MUST get appointed/upgraded through the internal upgrade system (not everyone passes this step), then you MUST stay for one year.

I just passed nremt-p and filed for my CT medic and am now waiting for the state to process it, working on a fire job wherever and depending on where that happens I was looming for per diem medic outside CT.

[EMS92 30]

Brandie new, no exp full time at Empress is about $18.00/hr. Per-diems get more $$$, no benefits. Cortlandt Regional EXP NEEDED $25/hr. Town Of Mamaroneck Amb District EXP NEEDED, about $30/hr (I gotta look at my stubs some day). EVAC I am pretty sure just went to $28.

What kind of experience paid or volunteer experience

[sympathomedic 383]

Well, if you are applying for a paid position, then the guys doing the hiring will look for expeience in a paid position. Everyone doing this as a paid person at one time had no experience, yet they somehow broke in, so it can be done. Things like a solid history, good references, positive reputation and a good interview all help. As i said, the VACs and services like them get a lot of applicants for few spots. The commercial services are more likely to hire a new guy.