King County Medic One - Paramedic
Last updated on September 29, 2023
PST Partner Agency since October 19, 2011
Vacancies: 4-8
Testing Deadline: February 16, 2024.
Important Information
King County Medic One requires 3 years of pre-hospital EMS experience by the cut off date for application submission and testing. As an example for our upcoming testing, a candidate must have 3 years of experience completed by February 16, 2024. One year of this experience must be with the same agency. EMS experience must be in the field and cannot use clinic or hospital experience. While helpful, we want to ensure candidates have worked or volunteered in a capacity most similar to the position.
You CANNOT count the same month twice between two agencies. Example: You work as an EMT for an ambulance company January to June while also volunteering as an EMT in a Fire District over the same time. This counts as six months experience, not 12 months.
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King County Medic One - Paramedic Requirements
| Category | Requirement | Required at time of... | |
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| Test | Hire | ||
| Written Examination |
Yes, required |
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| Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) |
No, not required (may be required later) |
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| Minimum Age | 18 | ||
| US Citizen/Lawful Permanent Resident | Must have work authorization if not a citizen. Work authorization needed at time of hire. | ||
| High School Grad/ GED | Yes | ||
| Driver's License Required | Yes | ||
| Felony Conviction(s) as an Adult | Upon job offer, all candidates will be required to pass a thorough background investigation. Candidate would be banned from employment if the felony conviction is job related. | ||
| Felony Conviction(s) as a Juvenile | Upon job offer, all candidates will be required to pass a thorough background investigation. Candidate would be banned from employment if the felony conviction is job related. | ||
| Ability to Read & Write the English Language | Yes | ||
| EMT Certification | EMT, AEMT or Paramedic certification | ||
| Paramedic Certification | EMT, AEMT or Paramedic certification | ||
| Prior EMT Experience Required | Minimum of 3 year’s experience as EMT or Paramedic working in a prehospital care delivery system. Twelve consecutive months of that experience must be with one agency | ||
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King County Medic One requires candidates to complete both the Firefighter Selection Tool written exam and the EMT Exam offered by Public Safety Testing. You will not be considering for employment without a passing score on both tests. |
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| Multiple Scores from Same Applicant | We consider the highest score received within the past one year | ||
| Request/Access Scores | On an as-needed basis as vacancies occur | ||
King County Medic One - Paramedic Disqualifiers
The following are automatic and potential disqualifiers. Applicants should not apply to our agency if they indicate any of the automatic disqualifiers. Potential disqualifiers will be considered on a case by case basis.
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| Criminal Activity |
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King County Medic One - Paramedic
Agency Test Requirements
Written Examination: Yes, required
CPAT: No, not required (may be required later)
COVID-19 UPDATES
5/6/2020 Update:
TESTING IN WASHINGTON STATE CANCELED THROUGH MAY 31, 2020
All pre-employment tests in Washington State have been canceled until May 31, 2020 unless government restrictions are eased. With recent updates, facility closures, and government guidelines, this step is necessary and could be modified at any time. The health and safety of our customers, our staff, and their families is of the highest priority.
We will continue to evaluate developments and make changes to this policy as necessary. When we do resume testing, there will be plenty of events for everyone to test. We are in regular communication with our public safety agency partners, assessing alternatives to the traditional testing model and our testing policies. Any future updates will be posted on the PST website and our Facebook page.
4/1/2020 Update:
If you have tested with PST in the past 12 months, there may be additional positions you are now eligible to add. Several departments have temporarily changed their testing policies due to the suspension in testing that COVID-19 has caused. Please login to your PST account and navigate to the ‘New Positions’ page to see what departments you can add! We will regularly update that page in your account as departments send updates.
FUTURE TEST REGISTRATION
We know that there will be testing in the future - we just don’t know when! We want you to be prepared for when testing begins again so we have created test events on our calendar that you can register for that will place you in a queue to be first notified. These tests are not “real” test events, they are essentially a holding area. You will be able to “reschedule” out of that event to any other event date/location at no cost. Registering now will also give you time to work on your Personal History Statement (PHS) so that your data will be ready and up-to-date to send to your departments once testing resumes.
To sign up for this placeholder event, select the June 15, 2020 test date in your category (police, fire, 911 dispatch, corrections, etc.).
You may also click on the test event of interest below to sign up:
Law Enforcement & Corrections Written and Physical Ability Test
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