EMT Academy- January 2027 Class
Rochester, NYFull-time$17.5/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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American Medical Response in Rochester offers an eight-week EMT Academy for employees interested in pre-hospital medicine. Participants receive a training wage while attending weekday classes, with tuition, books, fees, and uniforms paid by AMR. Successful completion qualifies employees to take the New York State EMT exam; after certification, they transfer to a full-time EMT position and must work for AMR-Rochester for at least one year.
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American Medical Response (AMR)
Rochester, NY
EMT Academy
Application deadline - November 23rd, 2026 at 6pm
$17.50/hr. starting wage
Earn while you learn to be an Emergency Medical Technician
American Medical Response - Rochester is offering a unique opportunity for individuals interested in a rewarding career in pre-hospital medicine.
What is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)?
The primary focus of the EMT is to provide basic emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation, and functions as part of a comprehensive EMS response under medical oversight. An EMT performs interventions with the basic equipment typically found on an ambulance and is a link from the scene to the emergency health care system.
About the Program:
The eligible candidate will be hired as an employee and compensated a training wage while in attendance at EMT Academy at AMR-Rochester. The Academy is a rigorous eight week program which qualifies the employee to take the New York State Department of Health Emergency Medical Technician exam. There is no cost for the class and all books, tuition, fees and uniforms will be paid by AMR Rochester. The class schedule will be Monday to Friday from 9am to 5:45pm. Upon successful completion of the class, all tests and state certification, the employee will be transferred to an EMT position with an increase to the EMT compensation rate.
The right candidates must:
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Be at least 18 years old
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Have proof of a HS diploma or GED
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Have a Valid Driver’s License
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Have all required immunizations
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Successfully complete the pre-employment screening which includes motor vehicle and criminal background checks, drug testing and a physical agility test
What happens after passing the course?
After successful completion of the course, the employee will be eligible to take a written and skills test offered by the NYS Department of Health (NYS EMT-B) and will be required to work for AMR-Rochester for a period of at least one year.
Upon receipt of the state EMT-B certification, employees will be assigned their full-time shift and complete new employee training. They will also qualify for benefits including:
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Excellent benefit package including medical, dental, life, vision, disability and 401(k) plan with company match
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Paid Time Off (PTO) hours
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Opportunities for professional growth
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Response to nationwide disasters
This American Medical Response Sponsored Academy begins early January 2027!
Why Choose AMR? AMR (https://www.amr.net/) is one of Global Medical Response (https://www.globalmedicalresponse.com/careers) ’s (GMR) family of solutions. Our GMR teams deliver compassionate, quality medical care, primarily in the areas of emergency and patient relocation services. View the stories on how our employees provide care to the world at www.AtaMomentsNotice.com.
GMR’s Core Behaviors—keep care at the center, raise your hand, seek to understand, find a way together and be accountable—unite our teams and set us apart in emergency medical services.
EEO Statement
Global Medical Response and its family of companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes supporting veterans and providing reasonable accommodations (https://www.globalmedicalresponse.com/docs/site/non-discrimination) for individuals with a disability.
Fixed Rate Position: $17.50/hr.
Check out our careers site benefits page (https://careers.gmr.net/benefits) to learn more about our benefit options.
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How this job compares
Set against the 655 open EMT jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$17.5/hr
- New York median$20–26/hr27 hourly ranges
- US median$20–25/hr276 hourly ranges
This rate, $17.50/hr, is 23% below the New York median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the lowest quarter of EMT hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open EMT jobs in New York and 655 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Global Medical Response (this employer)9 open
- RochesterRegional Health9 open
- Northwell Health3 open
- Experience
- EMT postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (116 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 379 of the 655 open EMT jobs (58%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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