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Minneapolis crew: any decent PRN paramedic gigs?

Howdy all. I'm about to graduate from medical school and move up to the Twin Cities for my residency training. EMS is one of my passions, but I had to give it up due to medical school. I got my paperwork from the MN EMSRB, and I'm curious about any decent places to work PRN/casually. Can anyone recommend any low-key places to work as a paramedic around the twin cities on a fairly irregular basis (handful of shifts a month)? I'm not super keen about which services are decent to work for, which ones suck, which areas/towns are decent, etc.

Posted Apr 6, 2016, 1:14 PM UTC

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cyrilspacemanMN EMTP•

Do you know where you're going to be exactly? The big names (HCMC, Allina, North Memorial) only hire people on to be full time. Lakeview in Stillwater, Northfield and Lakes Region in North Branch area will hire casuals. North Memorial might hire casuals in their outstate areas also (Princeton, Forest Lake, Faribault). Some of the new urgent care rooms/centers will hire medics as well, if you would prefer that.

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Fox800OPNRP, TX LP, MN EMT-P•

Thanks for the info! I'll follow up on those places. I'll be in central Minneapolis.

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Power-LOADup•

Lakes Region EMS, which is 30 minutes north of the cities, has their act together and is a decent place to work as a casual medic. In my opinion, it's probably one of the better agencies in Minnesota. Lakeview EMS in Stillwater is also good. HealthEast is decent, but the majority of their work is IFT. I think White Bear Lake Fire also has casual medic-only spots. Otherwise, the big agencies, Allina EMS and Hennepin EMS, seem to be phasing out their casual medic hires. Most places start around $22 bones an hour.

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FiremanJackND Firefighter/EMT•

I've heard good things about Alina and HCMC in the twin cities. If you're looking for work outside the cities you'll 9 times of out 10 be dealing with Gold Cross, which I've also heard good things about. MN services as a whole are usually corporate. You'd probably be able to find a PRN gig fairly easily.

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GloveElephantNRP•

Allina or North Memorial are your best bet if you want to get paid, but like other people said you will not be in the metro area.

If you don't need to get paid volunteer EMS is still alive and well. Zumbrota, Eyota, and Le Seuer and just a few off the top of my head that are good volunteer organizations. Call volume will be less than desirable though.

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