Travel EMT

Best Practice Medicine • Newport News, VA

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About The Position

Best Practice Medicine is seeking qualified Travel EMTs for a 3–6-month assignment in a fast-paced, demanding interfacility transfer (IFT) environment with a leading EMS system. The role offers the opportunity to work in new places, collaborate with different professionals, and provide care in diverse healthcare environments. Travel EMTs must be adaptable, clinically agile, and ready to integrate quickly into new emergency response teams and client agencies.

The position requires completing the full assignment term while complying with schedules and operational directives, maintaining required certifications and licensure, following applicable clinical protocols and scopes of practice, and communicating effectively with remote BPM leadership and client agency managers. Compensation is $35.00 per hour plus a $690.00 weekly housing stipend. The approximate start date is September 8, 2026.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of experience as an EMT.
• National Registry EMT (NREMT) certification.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) certification.
• Current MMR, Hepatitis B, and TDAP immunizations.
• Negative TB test within the last 12 months.
• Flexibility to relocate and adapt to shifting schedules and unfamiliar environments.
• Ability to complete the full assignment term and comply with the assigned schedule.

Nice To Haves

• Compact licenses.
• Previous traveler experience with Best Practice Medicine.
• At least 5 years of experience as an EMT in a busy 911 system.
• Average work tenure of three years.

Responsibilities

• Assess emergency scenes for safety and determine the nature and severity of patients’ injuries or illnesses.
• Record observations, treatments, and patient history, and communicate this information clearly to receiving doctors and nurses.
• Inspect and maintain the ambulance and medical equipment, ensuring the vehicle is clean, sanitized, and fully stocked.
• Adapt to relocation, shifting schedules, unfamiliar environments, new emergency response teams, and diverse patient demographics.
• Learn and follow localized clinical protocols with minimal orientation.
• Maintain accurate, compliant clinical documentation and follow national, state, and client agency scopes of practice.
• Keep all required certifications and licensures current.
• Complete the full assignment term, comply strictly with the schedule, and avoid operational interruptions; manage personal needs and extended time off between assignments.
• Follow operational directives from remote BPM leadership and client agency managers, communicating clearly with limited to no close supervision.
• Support client agency solutions, work collaboratively with shift partners and BPM leadership, provide exceptional customer service, and ensure proper incident reporting and assignment compliance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life, AD&D, critical illness, short-term disability, and long-term disability plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid sick leave.
• Housing stipend of $690.00 per week.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed