AMR- Riverside/Hemet Hiring Questions

[yanikemt]

I am a brand new EMT. I live in Riverside County (Temecula/Murrieta). I have practically been dreaming of getting on a ambulance with AMR in this county. I just wanted to know if there are any employees or formal employees who can give me some information on the hiring process, or any openings.

I also currently have a possible offer as an EMT at a casino just in case I get nothing back from AMR and have to wait, at least I will have a chance to get some experience with an actual EMT job and something else on my resume instead of just restaurants.

Thanks!

 

[DesertMedic66]

go down to the main AMR office in Rancho. dress nicely too. you can get an application from there or thru email(if you only want to work for the hemet/pass division make sure you put that on the application). you will also take an EMT test when you turn in your application. after that they will call you and set up an interview. then if you get hired you have more paperwork to fill out and 2 weeks of training/orientation/EVOC. i made the mistake of going to hemet/pass division and not realising that they mail it to rancho. make sure you have a resume

 

[yanikemt]

Thank you because I was planning on going to the Hemet/pass station to turn my application in. So you do take the test the same day you turn in the application? Do I have to call ahead of time or just show up?

 

[DesertMedic66]

yes you take the test the same day. its about 80 EMT questions and then around questions that lets them judge your morals. no you do not need to call and make an appoiment (unless you are going to the redlands division).

 

[yanikemt]

Thank you so much for your help! Are you a current employee or past? If so, how do you like it?

 

[DesertMedic66]

neither. i am an EMT-Basic also. i put in an application to AMR hemet/pass 3 months ago and havent heard anything back yet. probably because im 18 with no paid work history. one of my close friends just got hired at riverside division and starts training on mondy.

 

[yanikemt]

Ok. So is the riverside separate from Temc/Murrieta? And the Hemet station covers Hemet/Tmec/Murrieta?

 

[yanikemt]

Do you know how long it took your friend to get hired?

 

[DesertMedic66]

i am not 100% sure but i would make an educated guess that the hemet/pass division would cover that area

 

[DesertMedic66]

my friend was already working for AMR as a VST/mechanic. he put in a request to transfer deparments. he had to follow all the steps as everyone else. they told him "you will be an EMT in 1 to 3 months". it took him 1 month to get hired as an EMT. i have heard of people getting a phone call to get up an interview a couple hours after they turned in their application.

 

[huskyguy]

Hey guys, I am an EMT with AMR for 2 years now. I started off at the Palm Springs division and currently work in Redlands. When I turned in my app in Rancho I waited 3 weeks before I got a call for an interview. The day after the interview I got the call for a full time position... As for which division covers what... Hemet covers the city of Hemet and the Banning and Beaumont pass. Riverside division split into two diff divisions north and south. the south end covers Temecula, Murrieta and Sun City areas. When you go to turn in your app make sure with your resume you include copies of your CPR, State/county emt card depending on when you got it, and also a copy of your ambulance drivers license and green medical examiners card and any other certs that you think will help. GOOD LUCK!!!!

 

[yanikemt]

Thank you. Any info on the test you take. Im kinda worried about it since its been 2 months since I finished EMT. I have a feeling I need to study big time.

 

[huskyguy]

Well I don't know which school you went to but if you had a final study guide from there that should help. I don't really remember what was on the test but it's very basic. Biggest thing I can suggest is to remember ABC's and do them in that order. When I got hired on for Palm Springs I had to do a skills test and at that point I hadn't even thought about a basic patient assessment or trauma. I felt I had bombed both but even with the mistakes I made they still took me.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Most of the questions are fairly simple. There are questions on triage and MCI. However the test is from 2007 so some of the questions in there were not taught during my EMT class. They wernt even in the EMT book.

 

[jgmedic]

You can go to either the station you want to work at(riverside main, Hemet main) and turn in an app or do it through rancho. Personally, I would pick Springs or Hemet over Riverside. We are pretty full in Hemet but do pick up PT employess fairly regularly. I love Hemet division and would not go anywhere else.

 

[DesertMedic66]

You can go to either the station you want to work at(riverside main, Hemet main) and turn in an app or do it through rancho. Personally, I would pick Springs or Hemet over Riverside. We are pretty full in Hemet but do pick up PT employess fairly regularly. I love Hemet division and would not go anywhere else.

im still waiting for a call from AMR. for location i put ANY. hahaha. but i just got hired at Symons so its at least some experience. i figure if i dont hear anything in 3 more months then ill fill out another application.

 

[jgmedic]

im still waiting for a call from AMR. for location i put ANY. hahaha. but i just got hired at Symons so its at least some experience. i figure if i dont hear anything in 3 more months then ill fill out another application.

You really have to stay on them these days. Positions, esp. for FT don't come around very often.

 

[DesertMedic66]

You really have to stay on them these days. Positions, esp. for FT don't come around very often.

i am doing that. every 30 days i stop by the main and drop off a new H-6 print out and make some small talk with them.

 

[yanikemt]

Thanks for the advice on Hemet! I have heard really good things about that division. You guys are busy too! Both my neighbors are firefighters for Hemet.
I just wish I knew someone on the AMR side to get a connection.
Im still debating about either going to Hemet to turn in the application or just go to Rancho.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Thanks for the advice on Hemet! I have heard really good things about that division. You guys are busy too! Both my neighbors are firefighters for Hemet.
I just wish I knew someone on the AMR side to get a connection.
Im still debating about either going to Hemet to turn in the application or just go to Rancho.

Just go straight to Rancho. all Hemet will do is say "thank you for your application and info. we are going to mail this into Rancho." thats exactly what they told me. not to sound bad but why go to a messenger division when you can go straight to where everything gets mailed to.