EMT Academy

Description

Earn While You Learn Program                                 

Class starts May 27, 2025

Monroe Ambulance is looking to add passionate individuals who want to become an Emergency Medical Technician to our network of first responders. Through our established EMT Academy Course, we will provide you with the training and skills necessary to succeed within this career path. We are looking for those who are seeking to shape a new culture of EMS within our region.

Serving the Rochester area since 1975, Monroe Ambulance is a family owned and operated team focusing on giving EMT's an enhanced onboarding and training experience. Coupled with our range of potential call types (rural, urban, transfer, 911, fire etc.), our diverse response area makes this team one of the best to learn with.

With our service area expanding this is a great time to join the Monroe Ambulance Team!

Earn a rate of pay while in the EMT Academy: $15.50 per hour

Comprehensive benefit package – including 401k, paid time off, medical, dental, and more

EMT-B Academy is:

• 8-week EMT-B certification class, which qualifies the employee to take the New York State Department of Health Emergency Medical Technician Exam.
• There is no cost for the class; all books, fees and uniforms are paid for by Monroe Ambulance
• Upon successful completion of the class, all tests and state certification, the employee will be transferred into an EMT position with an increase to the EMT compensation rate

**Note: A one-year employment contract is required upon acceptance into the academy program.

Requirements

An Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B) respond to emergency calls to provide efficient and immediate care to the critically ill and injured, and to transport the patient to a medical facility, as well as interfacility transfers. After receiving the call for service, the EMT-B responds to the address or location given, using the most expeditious route, depending on traffic and weather conditions. The EMT-B must observe traffic ordinances and regulations concerning emergency vehicle operation.

EMT Academy Student Requirements:

• Must attend all classes, be on time, Mon-Fri 8am-4pm (excluding major holidays) - 8-week course
• Must maintain an average of 70% or above throughout the course
• Must pass NYS EMT-B practical and written exam
• Must possess a valid NYS driver's license
• Must be at least 18 years old

** Failure to comply to any of above requirements, may result in removal from course

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move 125 lbs without assistance and 250 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• Potential exposure to communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, and airborne pathogens.

*Additional Salary Detail

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, years of experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Monroe Ambulance is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law.