Jengirl81 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hi all, I am looking for an EM/intermediate position. Many of the Emcare positions listed say that the provider must have at least one year of ED experience. I have 5 years in a family practice and stand-alone urgent care clinic (was a solo provider, seeing around 20-40 per day.) Does anyone have experience with Emcare with an urgent care background?). I've sent my resume and left a message 2 weeks ago about this position. I at least want the chance to prove myself. I'm a little worried Emcare is so corporate, that it's hard for a newbie to get in the door. Any suggestions/ contacts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 15, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 15, 2014 be careful, emcare tends to put folks in fast track or triage type positions only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jengirl81 Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Thanks EMED. Fast track is actually what i love... I've just never worked true EM (only non-hospital environment.). I did do level 1 trauma rotation, alone with separate EM rotation in PA school, as well as shadowing PAs in the fast track who were employed by Emcare before PA school. I do love the autonomy in that type setting. I had a baby and have been in aesthetics medicine for a year but now ready to be in urgent care again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilypea Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hi Jengirl81, I currently work for EmCare in the ED. Was hired as a new grad and worked in the fast track, then have gradually transitioned to working in the main ED. Work time for me is now about 50/50 fast track and main. I think it's probably more up to the hospital where you end up working vs EmCare as a company. We lost a bunch of full time doctors (the hospital is very rural) so they opened up a main-ED shift for the midlevels. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetNavyPAC Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 EmCare. . .hmmmm. I'm not sure how most big CMGs typically work (having only ever worked as a PA in the Navy and then a large not-for-profit healthcare system), and obviously I can't extrapolate a generalization from a specific and this may indeed be an aberration. I trust those of you with more CMG experience can speak to this Several PAs I know well across town who work/worked for TeamHealth as the EM contractor at a HCA hospital and they were pretty happy A year ago HCA booted TeamHealth and brought in EmCare. EmCare told the PAs that they were going to now be making $75+/hr (were previously making $55-$65). Wooo-hoooo!!! Party on Garth! Party on Wayne! Then a week later they showed them the other side of the coin: 1 - No vacation 2 - No PTO 3 - 401k gone 4 - FT now defined as 30 hrs/week 5 - Cutting 10 hrs of PA coverage/day All that doesn't sound like it's worth $75/hr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 16, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2014 I work per diem for team health and have for almost 15 yrs at 2 sites and they have always treated me well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnken Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I agree with EmilyPea- it depends on the hospital/facility. I work for EmCare and have been w a few hospitals PRN and this has been my experience thus far. Good luck! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted November 21, 2014 Moderator Share Posted November 21, 2014 I currently work for EmCare, and my experience has been pretty positive. It might be because I work at the original hospital that EmCare was started at, and one of the docs who started the company is still here working. I'm pretty much in the main ED- I've only had one shift in a truly "fast track" type of situation- they also have an "Ambulatory Care and Evaluation" portion that moves patients in and out of rooms but I'm still seeing some atypical presentations of sick folks that require a pretty keen eye. Apparently this is one of the harder places to get hired, so I felt pretty lucky landing the spot. The no PTO/vacation thing kinda sucks, but I'm able to work as few as 9 shifts a month and shift the schedule around to make a vacation work. My scope of practice isn't as totally widespread as at my last job because my last job was where I trained as a resident, but I've still done LP's, abd paracentesis, ultrasound lines, draining PTA's and many different reductions along with all the bread-and-butter suturing/I&D stuff. Just no intubations (yet) and no central lines. The support I get in the ED is pretty good- great nurses and techs, and most of the time I work with a scribe- and man, do they help with productivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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