Thanks! I have applications in with Falck, Mile High, Action Care and Stadium, I have a friend that works at stadium so I'm familiar with that company. Is there anything else that I should do aside from IV class and trying to get into an EKG class that would make getting hired any easier?
If you've applied for jobs and heard nothing, reach out to the company to see if there's any change in your status. The only time you can certainly say you aren't getting the job is when they tell you no. Until then keep checking up every now and again.
Ok! Thank you!!
Ok! Thank you! Do you know anything about Falck in Aurora? I heard that they don't have a medical director but I don't know for sure.
Yeah I heard about Citywide, I sent in applications before that happened though and have still yet to hear back from most of them. I wouldn't be mad at starting on wheelchair/inner facility because I'm the first one to admit that I'm directionally challenged. Do you have any other recommendations on places to apply to??
Ok thanks! Any opinions on Mile High or Action care??
I worked for Action Care in 2013, it was under different ownership. Probably better than Citywide and all those places but not great. Pay was terrible and the owner was a narcissistic demon. At the time they had a 911 contract outside of Colorado Springs, which is where I worked (I live in the Springs). That job was fine but he would come down and spot check things like how many 4x4s were in the supply closet and then dress you down in front of the fire crews. He also called me one day and said he'd gotten complaints regarding my driving, when pressed by my partner he admitted he made them up. One day he just summarily transferred me back to Denver, so I went part time. As they say, there are two sides to every story. I asked for his and never got it, and he threatened to terminate me if I contacted him or the ops manager (who was sympathetic to my plight) if I emailed again. I resigned then and started working the wheelie van at AMR Springs, he was fired a year later for sexual harassment and hostile workplace issues. I hear the new owners are much better, one did the billing and the other was a paramedic supe.
Ok thank you!! Maybe I will give Action Care a shot since I don't anticipate being able to commute to the sprigs because I am starting an undergrad degree at university of colorado Denver in the fall and living down town. And since Denver Health is mostly medics thats probably not a great option. How were the ambulances at Action Care? Ive heard mixed reviews.
Students of Denver Health EMS education do all of their internship rides on our ambulances. We also get riders from DFD (new hires do one or two rides I think), Denver Cadets (https://www.denvergov.org/content/d...-safety/jobs-opportunities/cadet-program.html) and riders from the Denver Health Explorer program (http://www.denverhealthfoundation.o...rer-program-opening-the-eyes-of-denvers-youth). I don't think the general public can sign up rides just for the "fun" of it. We also get EMS fellow/med student riders from time to time as well.
Ok, gotcha, thanks! just curious because thats where I would like to end up some day!