Paramedic - Mobilization Team

Alert Rescue LLC; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alert Rescue is seeking a Mobilization Paramedic to build emergency response capabilities at each site and train local crews. You will join the Corporate Mobilization Team, work on the ALS crew during startup, and act as a field training officer for paramedics/EMTs.

Based in Texas, you may travel up to 30% to project sites, with Colorado as the initial deployment. Expect to train crews on CPAP, capnography, airway management, START triage, and mass casualty readiness.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted Texas paramedic certification or license with EMS Compact privilege.
• AHA BLS and ACLS certifications; PHTLS or ITLS; BLS Instructor within six months of hire.
• HAZWOPER training at Alert Rescue level before first shift.
• 5+ years of ALS experience; 2+ years as lead paramedic/preceptor/FTO preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 30% annually, with overnight stays; deployments typically 2–8 weeks.
• NRP certification preferred; additional instructor certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform site Paramedic duties during deployment and lead shared mobilization tasks.
• Set up response bags, monitors, oxygen, airway devices, radios, and response vehicle.
• Run drills and mock codes; participate in mass casualty and hazmat readiness training.
• Ride with local paramedics as an FTO and report readiness to EMS Medical Director.
• Collaborate with DON to develop paramedic/EMT tests and competency materials.

Skills

Crew training

Field training officer

ALS experience

Travel readiness

Education

Texas paramedic certification (DSHS)

AHA BLS/ACLS/PHTLS/ITLS

HAZWOPER training

NRP certification (preferred)

FP-C/CCP-C (preferred)

OSHA 10-hour Construction (preferred)

Tools

CPGs training

Job description

Mobilization Paramedic

Build each site’s emergency response and train the crews who run it

As a Mobilization Paramedic on Alert Rescue’s Corporate Mobilization Team, you will build each site’s emergency response capability and train local crews to run it. Once you are affiliated in that state, you will work on the advanced life support (ALS) crew during site start-up and act as field training officer (FTO) for local paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). You will be based at our Texas corporate office and travel to project sites up to 30% of the time. Our first deployment is in Colorado.

What you’ll do

When deployed, you will perform all duties of the site Paramedic role, along with the shared mobilization duties and the following.

Response set-up

• Set up response bags, the cardiac monitor/defibrillator, oxygen, airway and hemorrhage kits, radios, and the response vehicle.

• Time test runs to every part of the site against the four-minute response target.

• Set up controlled substance storage, counts, and waste, but only after the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) EMS-agency registration is active, and under the EMS medical director.

Training and field training

• Teach the Alert Rescue EMS clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to local paramedics and EMTs, including airway management (supraglottic airway, continuous positive airway pressure CPAP, and capnography), needle decompression, crush injury preparation, heat and cold illness, carbon monoxide measurement with SpCO monitoring, the hazardous materials (hazmat) cold zone, and mass casualty incident (MCI) response with Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) triage.

• Run mock cardiac arrest codes, MCI drills, and technical rescue support drills with the client’s rescue team.

• Act as field training officer: ride with each local paramedic through supervised shifts and report readiness to the EMS medical director.

• Help the Director of Nursing (DON) and the build the paramedic and EMT written tests and competency sheets.

• Run the 100% call review list with the EMS medical director during testing and for the first 30 days after launch.

Scope of practice

You will work only within your license or certification in the state where care is given, and within your written Alert Rescue authorization. This role does not:

• Practice in Colorado outside the EMS Compact privilege, or on duties not assigned by Alert Rescue’s Colorado agency.

• Follow Texas protocols while in Colorado; Colorado scope and the Alert Rescue EMS CPGs apply.

• Perform endotracheal intubation, drug-assisted intubation, or cricothyrotomy.

• Give fentanyl or midazolam before DEA registration is active, or ketamine before the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) grants a waiver.

• Transport patients (not offered at launch).

What you’ll bring

• Current, unrestricted Texas paramedic certification or license (Texas Department of State Health Services, DSHS) with a valid EMS Compact privilege to practice.

• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) or International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) certification; and AHA BLS Instructor certification within six months of hire.

• Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training at the level Alert Rescue sets for the site, completed before your first shift.

• 5+ years of ALS experience; 5 recommended, including 2 as lead paramedic, preceptor, or FTO.

• Ability to travel up to 30% of the year, with overnight stays; deployments usually 2 to 8 weeks

Preferred

• Current National Registry Paramedic (NRP) certification.

• AHA ACLS Instructor certification; PHTLS or ITLS Instructor certification.

• Flight Paramedic Certification (FP-C) or Critical Care Paramedic Certification (CCP-C); industrial, remote, wilderness, or tactical EMS experience.

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-hour Construction training; EMS educator or course coordinator experience.