AMR Riverside/Hemet

[yanikemt]

Is it me or have I been on the wait list for AMR Hemet/riverside for a lot longer than most people? I am just curious how long people waited before they got a call. It kinda bothers me because I have a lot of job experience and currently work as an EMT at a busy casino but I feel like none of that is "standing me out". How long have some of you waiting or waited before you got a call?

I try emailing HR every month or so but I get general responses and my most recent response was a copied and pasted email she sent me last month. I applied and passed the exam in April. Any tips?

 

[exodus]

Is it me or have I been on the wait list for AMR Hemet/riverside for a lot longer than most people? I amm just curious how long people waited before they got a call. It kinda bothers me because I have a lot of job experience and currently work as an EMT at a busy casino but I feel like none of that is "standing me out". How long have some of you waiting or waited before you got a call?

I try emailing HR every month or so but I get general responses and my most recent response was a copied and pasted email she sent me last month. I applied and passed the exam in April. Any tips?

I'm still on the last too with 2+ years of experience on a BLS/CCT unit. I applied around april or may IIRC.

 

[DesertMedic66]

I applied in Janurary and got the call in march. AMR did alot of hiring in Janurary-April. So they aren't hiring alot of people if any at the current time. and the wait list is very long due to AMR being pretty much the only 911 provider in the riverside and san Bernardino counties. Everyone and their grandmas are trying to get hired on.

 

[mike1390]

I applied end of May and start my orientation for palm springs in sept.

 

[marshmallow22]

Forget AMR, leave CA, and become a real medic. There are a lot of municipal agencies that hire medics (without having to be a firefighter) with better pay and city benefits.

 

[yanikemt]

Just curious what are some of the cities your talking about? and thank you everyone else I was just getting a little worried. I emailed HR asking about me status on the list and got a copied and pasted email that she sent me last month....?

 

[DesertMedic66]

Just curious what are some of the cities your talking about? and thank you everyone else I was just getting a little worried. I emailed HR asking about me status on the list and got a copied and pasted email that she sent me last month....?

HR gets emails from alot of people asking about their application. It's easier to copy and paste.

 

[exodus]

Weird, Got a phone call from 310-851-7600 which is AMR's patient services for like billing and such. Called back and had an automated message for different things related directly to patients and options for extensions. No voicemail or anything, weird. Hopefully they call back since I've NEVER been transported or even had AMR called on me or any family.

 

[mike1390]

that number is the same that always pops up when they call me. Its not the actual number it just shows that on the ID, maybe your gunna get an interview.

 

[yanikemt]

How long ago did you apply ?

 

[exodus]

How long ago did you apply ?

A few months ago... You don't happen to have any other number do you?

 

[DesertMedic66]

A few months ago... You don't happen to have any other number do you?

Really the only number that will help you out (if at all) is Jessica's the Human Resource number.

 

[exodus]

I found my card from before, I'll give them a call... I could see them pulling people in for interview right now with the deployments.

 

[DesertMedic66]

I found my card from before, I'll give them a call... I could see them pulling people in for interview right now with the deployments.

My division did not deploy. But I'm not sure about the others. And it wouldn't make sense to hire alot of people when a team gets deployed. You get the phone call then go in for an interview (possibly 2 and possibly a skills test) then you go to a physical/health test and strength test. Then you have 2 weeks of company orientation. And then your FT time which changes (my division is 15 FT shifts) and then you start as an normal employee.

So it's all in all over a month before you are a normal employee.

 

[exodus]

My division did not deploy. But I'm not sure about the others. And it wouldn't make sense to hire alot of people when a team gets deployed. You get the phone call then go in for an interview (possibly 2 and possibly a skills test) then you go to a physical/health test and strength test. Then you have 2 weeks of company orientation. And then your FT time which changes (my division is 15 FT shifts) and then you start as an normal employee.

So it's all in all over a month before you are a normal employee.

I don't mean to deploy the people just coming on, I mean to cover the people they're sending.

 

[DesertMedic66]

I don't mean to deploy the people just coming on, I mean to cover the people they're sending.

Yeah I know. But by the time they would get all the people to cover the crews would be back from deployment.

You have to be with AMR for 6 months before you can be on the DRT so new employees aren't able to sign up.

 

[exodus]

Yup, it was Jessica who called me I have an interview tomorrow at 1315 for palmsprings part time.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Yup, it was Jessica who called me I have an interview tomorrow at 1315 for palmsprings part time.

Congrats. Since it is at palm springs you will more then likely have a skills test as well. And everyone gets hired on at part time status. You just put a letter in to the supervisors saying you want to go full time.

 

[exodus]

Congrats. Since it is at palm springs you will more then likely have a skills test as well. And everyone gets hired on at part time status. You just put a letter in to the supervisors saying you want to go full time.

Thanks. Yeah, she told me about the skills test, I just pulled up the NR sheets to review. Was your airway the OPA/Suctioning/NPA skill, or BVM? And what was your patient assessment? Trauma or medical? Edit: Was C-Spine a full longboard from a patient lying down on the ground, or like a KED?


I really wish I would have heard the phone yesterday so I would have had a little more time to practice. It sucks having to go back to NR standard for testing when you get into your own assessment groove XD

 

[DesertMedic66]

Thanks. Yeah, she told me about the skills test, I just pulled up the NR sheets to review. Was your airway the OPA/Suctioning/NPA skill, or BVM? And what was your patient assessment? Trauma or medical? Edit: Was C-Spine a full longboard from a patient lying down on the ground, or like a KED?


I really wish I would have heard the phone yesterday so I would have had a little more time to practice. It sucks having to go back to NR standard for testing when you get into your own assessment groove XD

My airway was: "place a NRB on your patient" "your patient stopped breathing" it was all really simple.

I had a full trauma assessment: for me there was a mannequin laying on the floor in full motorcycle gear (except a helmet). You have to do the assessment and then immobilize on a LSB.

If you do horribly on the skills test you won't get an interview. If you pass the skills test you move on to the interview. After the interview they compare your skills test and your interview against other applicants and decide who gets offered the position.