Justblaze

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Hi everyone,

I was a EMT for about two years and paramedic for about one year in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a private company. We did 911 contract based along with critical care transfers and basic transfer homes and hospital to hospital. I then left to work in South carolina now for past 6 months and haven't really enjoyed it that much here.

I am looking to relocate to Nashville, Tn, still have NREMT-P status. Just looking for people to give opinions on good places to work. Place not to work in the Nashville and surrounding areas. I am open to going back to 911, transfer paramedic work or even working as a paramedic in a ER. I have applied to most of the ER in Nashville and haven't heard anything back, going on three weeks since applying.

Any help would be awesome and much appreciated!
 

terrible one

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Nashville Fire? I think their EMS is separate from fire suppression
 
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Justblaze

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Yeah but I don't believe they are currently hiring at this time. Was looking for in the next 6 months or sooner.
 

mgr22

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The privates in the metro Nashville area are usually hiring. Most of the work would be IFT. My impression of them? Low pay, long hours, minimal benefits -- sound familiar? I won't even go into admin issues. You could also check county EMS services -- e.g., Sumner, Robertson, Rutherford, Wilson -- for 911 work. Nontraditional EMS includes places like Opryland and the Nashville Zoo. Not sure if either of those are hiring right now. I worked at Opryland for six years before they cut back operations. If I sound like I don't think any one place stands out, it's because I don't think any one place stands out.

My son works for MedicOne, one of the privates. I know they're hiring. Send me a PM if you want to pursue that with him.
 

mikeward

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Many of the suburban metro Nashville EMS services are county-organized but run by the hospitals - Williamson and Maury Counties.
As mentioned by mgr22 the privates are hiring.
AMR has job openings
 

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Well that doesn't sound great. Any good fire / ems places to work in the Nashville area?
 
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Justblaze

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What about all of the ER paramedic jobs I'm seeing online? We didn't have paramedics work in the ER as paramedics where I'm from. It was a tech position but more of a nurse assistant but wasn't able to help nurse with critical sick patients.
 

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What about all of the ER paramedic jobs I'm seeing online? We didn't have paramedics work in the ER as paramedics where I'm from. It was a tech position but more of a nurse assistant but wasn't able to help nurse with critical sick patients.
That probably depends on the er. I have worked in a few facilities out in nm as a medic and i did vastly different jobs. One i was operating similar to a nurse and had my own patient load in fast track i was responsible for. I did the assessments, draws, passed meds, etc. I had full scope except intubation as a medic.
Thw other I was a tech and didn't have hardly any responsibilities. You might have ro call the various ers and ask.
 
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