Anyone Working For Private Companies Doing FEMA Vaccs?

[yakc130]

I received an email recently directly from a private company to do FEMA covid vaccinations. Supposedly they will offer me jobs within 50 miles of where I live. But there are some odd requirements. They only want copies of all of my certs and my DL. No actual job application.

I did finally find out that once they accept you, they notify you of a position by text. You have two hours to respond and accept it. After doing that, you have 12 hours to complete a slew of online requirements like FEMA paperwork, classes, I-9 form, and finally their application form to work for them.

The company that I received the email from is a physical therapy company. Just seems kind of odd, and sketchy.

Can anyone chime in with any experiences that they may have had? Thanks.

[Just Plain Ruff]

Seems like they are trying to get a batch of people into their network without having to get the required items required for FEMA.  You would think they would do it the other way around but what do I know,  seems strange.  I don't think I would want to work for a group that I don't know when I'm going to get the call for a job and then have such a short window of time to get the req's complete.  What if I get a job notice that I could accept but don't have the time on that specific date to get all that stuff done.  

I'd be skeptical of this group. 

[yakc130]

Agree.

My employer requires the usual FEMA NIMS certs, plus a hazmat cert to be able to deploy and do vaccinations. I don't understand how a private company can skirt the Federal requirements.

Fortunately, I have gone ahead and said, "thanks, but no thanks for now" to them.

[Just Plain Ruff]

Yeah, I think you dodged a bulllet on this one.  Keep on keeping on.  

[yakc130]

So I got another email from a visiting nurse type organization offering the same set-up. They quoted a salary, but they don't say how long the contracted trip is for.

It's very tempting.

[rcmedic]

I wonder if it's some contract contingency kind of thing. I've run into a few of those. They don't actually *have* the contract yet but want to make sure they have a crew so they can hit the ground running if they are awarded it.

[yakc130]

This company appears to have the contract. They provided a link to the company website. Looks like a decent sized company that does government contract work as a specialty.

The open position was to start 20 May in Denver. I received an email prior to the start date, and another one after the start date.

I can't believe that they couldn't fill the position.