NYC Covid EMT surge staffing job

SandpitMedic said:
Have you gotten conf that you are going?
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Not yet. Just got off a 72 so getting a last few things together now that I’m home and have access to paperwork.

I’m also awaiting confirmation (in writing) as to what happens if you become Covid + while working and are not able to fly back - whether lodging/meals continue to be provided if not actively working.
 
My son has been doing all the onboarding paperwork/modules and the background check. You should have already done these parts by now. He has everything in writing. If you get sick, you are quarantined there AND paid (base wage x 40/week). If you need to go to the hospital, they cover that too. However, we have really good insurance so I told him to insist on certain hospital should he need it.

YES, lodging and meals are covered if sick. YES, lodging and meals are covered during the mandatory 2 week quarantine at the end of your contract as well.
 
Also, your rates posted are off. My son is making more as a driver than EMT....and the medic and nurse wage quoted are lower than what you wrote.

**This part is not confirmed....I was told today that all the homeless shelters are now being operated by the DoD.
 
KESSC said:
-For EMT’s, around $40/hr, 86 hr work week, everything over 40 hrs is 1.5x. Daily food stipend if outside 50 miles.

-For nurses, around $85

Not sure for medics.
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The exact wages for each level of certification are posted in one of the other threads.
 
akflightmedic said:
Also, your rates posted are off. My son is making more as a driver than EMT....and the medic and nurse wage quoted are lower than what you wrote.

**This part is not confirmed....I was told today that all the homeless shelters are now being operated by the DoD.
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Unarmed Security is being hired for the Homeless shelters.
 
akflightmedic said:
My son has been doing all the onboarding paperwork/modules and the background check. You should have already done these parts by now. He has everything in writing. If you get sick, you are quarantined there AND paid (base wage x 40/week). If you need to go to the hospital, they cover that too. However, we have really good insurance so I told him to insist on certain hospital should he need it.

YES, lodging and meals are covered if sick. YES, lodging and meals are covered during the mandatory 2 week quarantine at the end of your contract as well.
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Background check shows under review and electronic on boarding has been completed. Sent in things like copy of passport and vaccination records today after getting home.

I am still not seeing anywhere where they put the info for getting sick in writing.... in writing (quarantine after employment is, but haven't seen any documentation that says if you're not able to travel, they'll still give you a place to stay and pay you). Recruiter said it was in the offer letter, but contingencies for getting sick were not included and Covid risk document solely talks about workmen's comp. Do you know what document your son saw that in?

Also, if you don't mind sharing, what hospital did you recommend he insisted on?
 
KESSC said:
Also, if you don't mind sharing, what hospital did you recommend he insisted on?
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If you are a First Responder positive COVID-19 your best options for Hospitals are:

Lenox Hill - Cornell

Mt. Sinai - NYU

Stay away from any Hospital in Queens, they are overflowing and have the highest PT. density with the lowest bed availability in all 5 Boros.
 
Sled Driver said:
If you are a First Responder positive COVID-19 your best options for Hospitals are:

Lenox Hill - Cornell

Mt. Sinai - NYU

Stay away from any Hospital in Queens, they are overflowing and have the highest PT. density with the lowest bed availability in all 5 Boros.
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Not all those hospitals doing great right now...
 
KESSC said:
-For nurses, around $85
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Some nurses are making way more than that..

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Sled Driver said:
Would you rather be a patient at Elmhurst ?
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No but all you really said was every major academic hospital (+ Lenox Hill) in NYC except the ones in lower socioeconomic locations like Columbia + Monte. Not really that helpful as some of them are feeling the bed crunch with less surge capacity.
 
I am trying to assist our out of State Brothers who are coming to my area and trying to help, who may become infected. I would hope if they do become infected, the Hospital they are working for would give them priority care, but not all will be working for a Hospital and may have no idea on where they may go to get the best care for themselves, since they are not from here.

If you live in a multi Million dollar Apt. on Park Ave. and test positive for COVID-19 or have some other serious issue and want the best Medical care you will go to Lenox Hill - Cornell, not any of the ones you mentioned. If you want to ***** about how much money people have and their access to Health care being reduced as income is a factor and be Politcally correct about it, great you go to the Bronx - Monte, I send my guys to Cornell.

As for surge capacity and the Hospitals I listed "not doing to well" some Doctors from Lenox Hill are being reassigned to other Hospitals within the Cornell system, gee I wonder why they would be told to go from one Hospital to another where they would be more needed.

Silver, I am trying to help our Brothers from out of State, your Politically correct comments are NOT helping them.
 
So far all duds on these gigs...
Time will tell.
 
Anyone looking at Krucial staffing beware.

They are pulling the old bait & switch, dangling the money and then changing the contract terms on arrival. They are already being sued in a class action by their employees. The court documents are public online.
 
SandpitMedic said:
Anyone looking at Krucial staffing beware.

They are pulling the old bait & switch, dangling the money and then changing the contract terms on arrival. They are already being sued in a class action by their employees. The court documents are public online.
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I am surprised you are posting this devoid of facts. First, this is old news as in first raised nearly two weeks ago. Second, if you read the complaints, there is NO complaint about anything being a bait and switch. Everyone got paid exactly what was offered. There are no pay issues. Also, there are many nurses still there, quite happy, and already extended.

The nurses who are suing are ones who quit their long time steady gig, jumped on first wagon out of town, and met reality. Their complaints are they were over worked, tired, chaos everywhere, and they were being asked to work out of their specialty.

WTF did they expect?? Especially for 10K a week?

As I read the complaints, it was obvious may of them have never contracted before and many had never traveled before. For people like us old school first in type contractors, this is routine normal for the situation.

NYC is a war zone. You are not going to waltz in, do some minor med/surg, sit at the desk, and make big money. This is crisis nursing...you are a number, you will work as much as you can and then some and you will go home tired, sleep minimally, and return the next day to do it all over.

There were several long term care nurses who are in this lawsuit. LTC nurses applying for crisis gigs in NYC where damn near every patient is on a vent or soon to be on a vent..hmmm, I think you should rethink your initial application.
 

Its a fun read...pretty amazing that a Rehab Nurse with NO other type of experience (not even Med Surg) makes 100K/year in Alabama!! He did not want to quit but felt he needed to "do the right thing"....and now his old job will not hire him back.

Anyways, there is also a racial element of the suit here, they allege Krucial targeted black nurses from rural states.
 
We have had RNs from all sides. The worst are the NICU nurses. So used to changing a diaper and then going back to the desk after checking numbers on the monitors. They are worthless for direct pt care. I'm talking about scut work, then higher level, but most of them ***** because they just want to supervise the med pass. Whole new respect for the CNAs that actually do 90% of nursing tasks...
 
akflightmedic said:

Its a fun read...pretty amazing that a Rehab Nurse with NO other type of experience (not even Med Surg) makes 100K/year in Alabama!! He did not want to quit but felt he needed to "do the right thing"....and now his old job will not hire him back.

Anyways, there is also a racial element of the suit here, they allege Krucial targeted black nurses from rural states.
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Wow. Finally finished reading the suit and it’s clear that it was a disorganized mess for that staffing agency. I’m not super familiar with nursing but don’t they have like a basic skill set and then OJT for the area they then work in? I get not being able to just walk into a ICU environment without experience in that area, but med-surg too?
 
luke_31 said:
Wow. Finally finished reading the suit and it’s clear that it was a disorganized mess for that staffing agency. I’m not super familiar with nursing but don’t they have like a basic skill set and then OJT for the area they then work in? I get not being able to just walk into a ICU environment without experience in that area, but med-surg too?
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On the hospital side if we contract a traveler we expect them to be competent and experienced in whatever position they sign a contract for.

Under normal circumstances most travelers get one to three days of orientation depending on the system and environment, although some travelers have told me that they have had as little as 4 hours. Typically travelers will be getting the most stable patients on a unit and without any intervention that requires further competencies (CRRT, trauma room, fresh hearts, chemo, et cetera).

Requirements will vary with agencies and hospitals, but typically travelers are required to have at least one year of recent experience in whatever environment they are contracting for.

Some travel agencies (not a comment about this one in particular) and travelers have been less than honest about the experience that is being brought. For example I’ve had nurses who claim CV experience but actually worked with step down patients, ones who claim to have peds ED experience but had only floated for a few shifts, ones that claim level 3 or 4 NICU experience but only actually took care of feeders and growers on those units, and so on.

Like paramedic school nursing school only provides a basic amount of training. A lot of development goes into new grads just like with field training (at least in good hospitals or EMS agencies). If after nursing school a nurse only worked LTAC, SNF, school nursing, OR, NICU, home health, and so on then you can’t assume that they can provide competent adult med/surg care.
 
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