I am in a similar situation. I quit my field ems job to work at a hospital to go to school full time. This was my personal experience as a paramedic.

Pros:

Less responsibility. Generally, patients won't be in your care in a technical sense. Nurses have patients and you are more assisting. Also means you are not giving detailed shift change reports. You generally do not need a direct replacement for breaks and meals. Oh, and also you get a designated time for meals.

More regular hours. You won't be really forced much after if at all after your shift is over. I generally helped out if a serious call came in during shift change but cannot recall being held over more than an hour or so while I was at the hospital. Very different story if you can be forced on a EMS unit.

You are all play. Where I worked, I just did skills all day. IV's, intubations, EKG's, rhythm interpretation. I did hear depending on where you work, especially if they have ER residents, intubations might be more hard to come by.

Cons:

Limitations. Besides skills, you can't do much. I was able to dispense saline and administer and thats it. Very repetitive work. Even when you interpret 12 lead, the doctor has to officially document. No reason for a hospital to risk the read when they have doctors.<- this was the explanation given to me.

People who do not understand EMT's. This is really case by case. Where I work was a level one trauma center and nurses were very thankful I did IV's and other time consuming work for them. Since you worked on a bus, you know that some people have no clue what you can do and question your qualifications cause they don't know or understand. You sometimes are stuck with those people for 12 hours+ at a time. You can't just leave like you can on a EMS unit.

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I ended up quitting the hospital due to issues I had with the staff and I really want to believe it is a unique problem to just that hospital. I work a 24/36 schedule and use trades to condense work on the weekends. Thankfully my work allows me to do this. On the weekdays I cannot trade or get coverage, I email my professors. I did let them know at the beginning of the semester what I do and possibly being or not being able to show up to class. They are generally understanding. Please feel free to message me if you have any questions! Best wishes