Remote Medical International is currently seeking qualified instructors for part-time and full-time positions teaching wilderness medicine around the world. The position is open until 15 July 2006.

It is important to note that Remote Medical International is committed to hiring only instructors who have real-life experience in remote care and who have actually performed the techniques that they will teach on real-life patients.

Successful candidates are those individuals who:
- have experience in remote or wilderness areas
- have significant medical training and experience, EMT-Basic minimum requirement
- have an easy-going, flexible personality
- are dynamic educators
- are extremely professional in a variety of settings

There are several full-time positions opening up for instructors wishing to work on medical support projects. The job will entail deployments around the world for medical support with opportunities to teach between deployments. This is a benefited, full-time, salaried position. Currently, only Offshore paramedics are needed in this position; however, we are working opening this opportunity for Wilderness EMTs as well.

Courses taught by Remote Medicine International include:
- Wilderness First Responder (80 hrs)*
- Wilderness First Aid (16 hours)
- Wilderness EMT (220 hrs)*
- Remote Medicine for the Advanced Provider™(56 hrs)*
*courses with residential options

Courses are conducted all over the country as well as internationally in Greenland, Europe, Haiti, the South Pacific, and South America. In addition, we conduct custom courses in wilderness medicine and high-angle rescue world-wide.

Once an application has been submitted, interviews will be conducted over telephone and qualified applicants will be invited to attend our instructor course. All applicants are required to have completed wilderness medicine training. If you are not currently certified, there will be an RMAP™ course this September in Seattle, WA. Please contact our office for more information. We can make special accommodations for individuals who are selected following interviews.

During the Instructor course, participants teach selected topics and work with advisors to develop their skills as instructors. In addition participants are introduced to company business systems and meet other staff members. Following the course, instructors are placed on courses as assistant instructors. All new instructors must complete the instructor course prior to teaching, there are no exceptions, including lateral transfers from other companies.

Due to the fact that we invest a significant amount of time and resources in our instructors, we do not allow our instructors to work for other companies teaching wilderness medicine. You will find that our salary and benefits package is the most comptetive in the industry, and we provide our instructors with opportunities not available with other companies. If you have any questions, please contact our office.

Please click here to download the Instructor Application for more information.