EMS career opportunities
Calling All Paramedics
Get a $10,000 sign-on bonus if you are hired
+ Up to $2,500 relocation assistance
$10,000 Sign-On Bonus
to paramedics who are hired.
Relocation assistance up to $2,500
for paramedics who live outside our coverage area.
Benefits Package
including health insurance and a 401(k) with employer match.
Competitive, experience-based salaries.
Bringing NYC salaries to the Hudson Valley!
Empress EMS covers eight counties in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley as well as the Bronx, Manhattan and Litchfield, CT. We are looking for paramedics who want to join the region’s premier provider of comprehensive pre-hospital care. We offer competitive experience-based salaries and excellent benefits packages.
We are committed to leading the way through professional training, quality improvement and the use of state-of-the-art equipment.
Do you live within our coverage area? We are offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus if you apply and are hired. And if you live more than 60 miles away from our coverage area, we will help cover your relocation costs up to $2,500 if you move to our area.
Calling all Paramedics
Empress EMS covers eight counties in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley as well as the Bronx, Manhattan and Litchfield, CT. We are looking for paramedics who want to join the region’s premier provider of comprehensive pre-hospital care. We offer competitive experience-based salaries and excellent benefits packages.
We are committed to leading the way through professional training, quality improvement and the use of state-of-the-art equipment.
Do you live within our coverage area? We are offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus if you apply and are hired by Dec. 31. And if you live more than 60 miles away from our coverage area, we will help cover your relocation costs up to $2,500 if you are hired by the end of 2025 and move to our area within 90 days.
BENEFITS OF WORKING AT EMPRESS EMS
Competitive pay
Health care
Medical and dental and vision insurance for employees, and health care for dependents. Flexible spending accounts are also available.
401 (k) plan
with employer match
Life insurance
for employees and their families
Career advancement
Employee recognition programs and advancement opportunities
Scholarships
Financial assistance is available for EMTs to become paramedics
paramedics
A chance to Advance
Empress paramedics are credentialed in Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) and constantly train with doctors from around the area. Financial assistance is available for EMTs who wish to move ahead in their careers by becoming paramedics.
EMPRESS EMS Academy
Sign up and
save A Life
Being part of split-second lifesaving moments while helping your community. That’s what it means to be part of the elite Empress EMS team. If you want to join us, and you’re not yet an EMT, you can become one through our Academy, a 12-week immersive training program held in Poughkeepsie and Yonkers that prepares you to pass the N.Y. State EMT exam. Learn more about our Academy here.
Awards
Feel the Appreciation
Our EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers and office staff work hard, and we continuously celebrate them in a variety of ways. The Daniel J. Minerva Founders Award recognizes staff members for milestones in their careers. During National EMS Week in May, we also show our appreciation with a variety of special activities. In addition, our EMTs and paramedics receive numerous awards from local EMS Councils for saving lives and handling emergency situations with calm, courage and professionalism.
