Description

We are growing our team and recruiting for EMS clinicians:

Please head to our website to learn more about our organization, benefits, equipment, cost of living tool, and apply.

Requirements

LICENSE, CERTIFICATIONS, & SKILLS

• NREMT Paramedic certification
• Vermont EMS license eligilbe (NREMT required for a VT license) 
• Valid Driver’s License
• Valid AHA or ARC BLS Provider CPR
• Paramedic & Specialty Paramedic - Valid AHA or ARC ACLS
• Paramedic & Specialty Paramedic - Valid PALS or PEPP or EPC or ARC NRP
• Preferred criteria include ITLS or PHTLS certification, ARC Instructor (or eligible), NAEMT Instructor, NEMSMA Basic FTO, etc.

Education: 

• Possession of a high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
• Preferred criteria include: associate, bachelor, or graduate level degree from a regionally accredited post-secondary educational institution.

Length of Service: 

• EMT - No experience required.  Preferred criteria is 1 or more years of field experience.
• ALS (AEMT, Paramedic, Specialty Paramedic) - Minimum of 1 year of experience as a field EMS provider (EMT, AEMT, and/or paramedic). Preferred criteria include 2 or more years of experience as a field provider at the AEMT or paramedic level

Skills:

• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. Specifically: Ability to clearly communicate in English.  
• Ability to generate patient care reports and use technology for patient care, documentation, and operational tasks.
• Preferred criteria include the ability to use the Microsoft Office or similar software.
• Ability to identify and operate within the incident management system.
• Possession of IS 5, 100, 200, 700, & 800. Preferred criteria include successful completion of ICS 300 and/or ICS 400.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Prospective and existing employees are evaluated on their ability to perform the following tasks:

This screening occurs:

• Upon hire – prior to or within 30 days of the date of hire.
• Upon returning from Leave of Absence or Injury – prior to a return to active ambulance crew duty.
• Every other year employees have this screening performed. 

 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Specialty Paramedic Qualifications:

• Critical Care endorsement requires NREMT NRP and a current / valid IBSC CCP-C, IBSC FP-C, or UMBC CCEMTP certification. 
• Community Paramedic requires IBSC CP-C.

Schedule - for safety, we work 12 hour shifts.  Full-time is three 12 hour shifts per week and part time is three to five 12 hour shifts per 2-week pay period.  

Tobacco, nicotine, & substances:

• We are a tobacco, nicotine, and controlled substance-free workplace.  
• The use of tobacco or nicotine containing products, including vape/e-cigarettes, THC containing products, smokeless tobacco, etc. is not allowed on the grounds of the station, in or around BRS vehicles, or while on duty at all.  
• Vermont also has presumption laws for infectious disease & lung injury for first responders.  Use of tobacco or nicotine containing products excludes first responders (including EMS) from those workers’ compensation or line of duty death benefits.

Contact application@brsvt.org with any questions.