Currently I run on our FD-based 911 ambulance in town, and it's a small town and even smaller staff so while I am on shift with different people on a rotating basis everyone knows everyone...no one set partner but everyone works well together because they each know how the others work...if that makes sense.
I was just offered (and accepted) a per diem position at a private company that I applied and screened at. While it will be almost exclusively IFT's until I get out of my trial period (which will take a looooooong while unless I grab a LOT of shifts) it will give me the pt contacts I need for medic school this coming winter, which was the whole point of going for this job. Our little town doesn't have a whole of calls.
What I am most uneasy about is the fact that, being per diem, I will have a different partner every shift I work. Hoping that someone has some good advice as how to handle this. I can get along with just about anyone, and I'm not looking to make friends, but there is something to be said for knowing what your partner is going to before he/she does it and that bond-for lack of a better word-will be lacking in this situation. Anyone work something similar? How do you make it best work? Thanks!
I was just offered (and accepted) a per diem position at a private company that I applied and screened at. While it will be almost exclusively IFT's until I get out of my trial period (which will take a looooooong while unless I grab a LOT of shifts) it will give me the pt contacts I need for medic school this coming winter, which was the whole point of going for this job. Our little town doesn't have a whole of calls.
What I am most uneasy about is the fact that, being per diem, I will have a different partner every shift I work. Hoping that someone has some good advice as how to handle this. I can get along with just about anyone, and I'm not looking to make friends, but there is something to be said for knowing what your partner is going to before he/she does it and that bond-for lack of a better word-will be lacking in this situation. Anyone work something similar? How do you make it best work? Thanks!