San Marcos/Hays County Emergency Medical Services is currently accepting applications forBasics and Paramedics both Full-time and PRN

SM/HC EMS main offices are located in beautiful San Marcos, Texas. We provide 911 coverage to the majority of Hays County.

Personnel: We have a great group of field personnel –42 FT Paramedics, 15 EMT-B/EMT-I and 30 PRN Paramedics, EMT-B and EMT-I. (5 Ambulances are staffed Paramedic/Basic and 4 ambulances are staffed Paramedic/Paramedic). Included in the field personnel are 3 Commanders, 6 Station Captains, 5 Field Training Officers, 1 Maintenance Captain and 1 Community Education Coordinator. Our personel are actively involved in the yearly re-evaluation of protocols and equipment through committees that meet throughout the year.

Medical Director: Dr. John McNeill

Director of EMS – Tom Partin,

Director of Operations - John R. Moseley

Call Volume:10,000 calls per year, though somewhat unevenly distributed, is less than 4 calls per unit / per 24hr shift. Call volumes are higher in the City of San Marcos and lower in the Buda and Dripping Springs areas.

Protocols- Aggressive and progressive including in field C-spine clearance, EZ IO, Rapid Sequence Induction and STEMI Program including field administration of Heparin and Plavix. We encourage our staff to seek higher standards of care with Airway Boot Camps and a variety of lively discussions with our Medical Director at monthly Medical Review.

Ambulances: Frazier Ambulances on Ford and GMC Chassis.

Schedule: Modified School Schedule(M,W)(Tu,Th)(Swing) – Schedules repeat every three weeks for an average of 10 shifts a month. Our schedule is helpful to those employees seeking to further their education.

- Sample Schedule-

Tuesday, Friday, Sunday – Thursday, Saturday – Tuesday, Thursday - then back to week one

Salary: Regular hourly pay to 40hrs per week – All hours over 40 per week paid at time and a half.

Paramedics Starting at $40,000 to $43,000 based on prior experience.

EMT-B / EMT-I Starting at $33,000 to $36,600 based on prior experience.

Benefits:

Paid Time Off –Combined Sick and Vacation time (10% of Base Pay) – Equaling about 13 paid shifts off per year. Unused PTO may be taken as pay at the end of the fiscal year or rolled into the current year.

Retirement: Employer contribution after first year of employment –

Starting at 4% of base pay and increasing 1% per year to a maximum of 7% of base pay per year. Participating Employee is 100% vested on day one of entering the retirement plan.

* Base Pay is the total hours (regular and overtime) worked on regular schedule and does not include any additional open shifts picked up by the employee as overtime.

Employer provided – Medical Insurance (PPO Humana), Life Insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance.

Family Medical insurance, Dental and Aflac are available.

Wed Jan 27th 2010

Hiring Process - Basic and Paramedics

Application Deadline: Mon Jan 25th 5pm

This includes the DPS Criminal History and Driving Record.

Examination Phase

Wed January 27th

8:00 am Written Exam

10:00 am Physical Agility and Map Exam

11:00 am Intubation and Megacode Exams

Interview Phase

Tuesday Jan 27th and 28thth

3:00 pm Interviews for candidates making the cut after the examination phase.

Should you have any questions please Contact -

John Moseley or Tom Partin at 512-353-5115.

 

 

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