All employees of Riggs Ambulance Service are offered a comprehensive benefit package which includes:
- Employer paid health, life, dental and optical for employee and family (Cafeteria style benefit plans available).
- 401k retirement program with company matching dollars
- Paid holidays (union employees have PTO plans)
- Paid vacations (union employees have PTO plans)
- Continuing Education pay
- Bereavement leave
- Jury Duty/ Witness subpoena pay
NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS *
Scholarship Program RAS may provide up to $10,000* in scholarship money for current EMTs to advance to the Paramedic level. The employee would not be required to re-pay the scholarship if they completed the requirement of the offer (three years of employment with RAS after completion of their Merced County accreditation).
- Employee must be in good standing
- Employee must receive a recommendation from 2 full-time RAS Paramedics
- Employee must receive a recommendation from an RAS Clinical Field Evaluator
- Employee must achieve a passing score in the Paramedic School pre-test.
- Employee must accept a full-time Paramedic position, if offered, upon receiving Merced County accreditation.
- Will not apply to any student attending Abrams College
The requirements are as follows:
Current employee who has completed his/her probationary period and has at least 1 year of field experience on an ALS unit
Relocation Costs RAS may provide financial assistance for actual relocation costs up to $2,000. New employees would be required to relocate to Merced County and accept a full time position.
Home Loans RAS may provide financial assistance for full time employees to purchase a home in Merced County. We would loan full time employees up to $7,500 for closing costs in the purchase of their home. A low interest rate would be applied to the loan and an agreement would need to be completed, which would outline the parameters of the offer.
* When attending the WestMed College program at Riggs Ambulance Service.
