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Any MTI employees out there? Just wondering what schedule you guys work? I've heard 24 hour shifts and I've heard rotating 12 hour shifts. Which is it or is it a combination of both? Is it a good company to work for? Do you guys like the area? High call volume?

Thanks.
 
Medical Transport LLC based out of Virginia Beach, VA. They have regional offices all over the state of Virginia. I was interested in hearing from anyone who knew anything about the Woodbridge, VA office.
 
I don't have any details about their schedule but I know that the folks I see at the hospital who work for them don't look very happy. It's just a transport company so its going to be entire days filled with driving people around. Virtually no patient care.
 
I know a couple of people who work part time at the Richmond office and they work 12s and sometimes 24s, and the most exciting thing they see in a week is an Er to Er transfer because the sending hospital doesn't have the resources for what the pt need.
 
I was employed with MTI for two years. It was a decent place to work until my LOA was randomly revoked.

For lack of a better word, you will get raped if you work in the woodbridge office. It is severely understaffed. Yes there are both 24hr and 12 shifts in Woodbridge. The 24s are a kelly schedule, you get very little OT with no extra accrued annual leave. You will get off shift late on a weekly basis. I would go flex and work out of different offices to avoid being burned out. I almost forgot, there is no additional pay for working in Nova either.

Richmond is a decent office. It is staffed properly, with 8 and 12 hr shifts. There is only one 24hr shift, and it is for the dedicated critical care truck, you won't work that shift. I would HIGHLY suggest the Richmond office.

If you have any more questions let me know.
 
aust10n:

My best friend was just hired there and was curious about the schedule. She was offered the job and told she would most likely be on the 24 hour schedule. When he called back to tell her when she would need to do orientation, she was told she would be on a 12 hour rotating daylight schedule because they were looking to phase out the 24 hour shifts. Do you know how that shift works?

NOVA is the area where she wants to be and I can't change her mind on that one.
 
If they are truly phasing out the 24 in Nova, it is long over due. Unless they hired for multiple 24hr trucks.

They have two 12hr shifts, a 3-1-3 and 3-2-3.
3-1-3, you work three days have one day off and work three days, then you have seven off. This shift, I'm not 100% sure if in nova, but you work 36hr weeks. This results in less hours. But, its better for vacation.

3-2-3, you work two weekdays, and rotate weekends. You end up with a three day weekend every other week. This shift has built in OT and in my opinion is nicer. When you are off your rotation you get two days off at a time, unless its your weekend off.

If she wants nova, have fun. She will get incredible critical care experience going to Fairfax. The sickest pt in MTI come from Nova.
 
The 3-2-3 schedule sounds similar to the 2-2-3 schedule many police departments work around here. On Mon/Tues, Off Wed/Thurs, On Fri/Sat/Sun, Off Mon/Tues, On Wed/Thurs, Off Fri/Sat/Sun and then it repeats all over again. Thats the schedule she was hoping for.

I'm not sure of the details on the 24 hour shift, she just said they told her that they were phasing it out and would be putting her on 12 hour shifts.
 
That is the identical schedule.
If she is a medic, she will get good calls. But, she needs to keep a good attitude and ignore the idiots who she will work with.
 
Chief Complaint said:
Aren't they solely a transport service?
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Sorry for this late reply Chief. Yes and no. In Woodbridge, yes, they do A LOT of interfacility critical transports and transports home. They have multiple 911 contracts, which are difficult to get on full time. You have to be well liked.
 
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