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Emergency Medical Tech

Wellpath

San Marcos, TXPer Diem$25.46/hrSeen 1w agoMay have closed — not in the employer's listings (checked today)

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At a glance

Compensation
$25.46/hr
Location
San Marcos, TX
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Emergency Medical Technician provides essential medical care to inmate patients in a correctional facility. The role includes initial examinations, responding to routine medical issues and emergencies, and providing basic life support and critical care. EMTs also document patient histories and treatment, administer prescribed treatments and medications, maintain and sterilize equipment, assist clinicians during procedures, and follow confidentiality and emergency procedures.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Emergency Medical ResponseBasic Life SupportCPRMedical AssessmentMedical DocumentationMedication AdministrationEquipment SterilizationPatient ConfidentialityHIPAA ComplianceCommunication

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GEDEMT or Paramedic CourseUnrestricted State Certification or RegistrationCorrectional or Jail ExperienceUS Residency

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

You Matter

  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved

  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture

  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients

  • Autonomy in a warm team environment

  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!

  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching

  • Company paid life insurance

  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts

  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)providesessential medical care to inmate patients withincorrectional facilities. This includes conducting initial medical examinations upon in-take and responding to day-to-day medical issues that may arise among the inmate population. Additionally, EMTs must be prepared to respond to medical emergencies that may occur within the facility,providingcritical care to patients in need.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provideemergency medical response and basic life support to inmate patients in thecorrectional facility,utilizingCPR and necessary equipment.

  • Assess and document the medical history and treatment of new and current inmate patients, administering prescribed treatments and medications as needed.

  • Ensure equipment ismaintainedand sterilized for use during examinations andtreatments, andassistphysicians or physician extenders during procedures.

  • Maintain patient confidentiality andcomply withHIPAA regulations, while being aware of emergency procedures and crisis situations.

  • Communicate clearly and concisely with coworkers, supervisors, jail administration and patients, and be willing toassistin job duties and work overtime if necessary.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • High school graduate or G.E.D.·

  • Requires successful completion of an Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic course.

Experience

  • Prior experience in a correctional or jail setting preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

  • Requires unrestricted current certification or registration in state of practice.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact [email protected]

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How this job compares

Set against the 832 open Emergency Medical Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25.46/hr
  • US median$21–26/hr356 hourly ranges

This rate, $25.46/hr, is 10% above the US median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Emergency Medical Technician hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 61 open Emergency Medical Technician jobs in Texas and 832 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
Emergency Medical Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (217 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 467 of the 832 open Emergency Medical Technician jobs (56%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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