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Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian _Health_ we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Hackensack Meridian _Health_ (HMH) is partnering with approved NJ EMS training centers to provide an opportunity for individuals looking to enter the healthcare field as an Emergency Medical Technician. Candidates of this role will be paid to attend the program. The cost of tuition and books will also be covered. While the program is in session, students will have the opportunity to begin their Hackensack Meridian Health orientation and onboarding.

Upon successful completion of the EMT program and NREMT examination, candidates will commit to a minimum of two years of employment at Hackensack Meridian Health as a full-time EMT.

Once licensed, the employee will report to a NETS (Non-Emergency Transport Service) Position in Monmouth County and/or Ocean County.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

+ High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

+ Valid Driver's License from a USA state.

Contacts:

+ All HUMC personnel, Local EMS Personnel, Municipal, County and State Officials. Must interact appropriately with all Hackensack UMC management, EMS personnel, hospital personnel, public safety personnel, and members of the public. Must be capable of communicating clearly and effectively via written and verbal means. Maintains a professional demeanor and appearance during all interactions.

Working Conditions:

+ Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

+ While performing duties of this job, the employee is required to use their hands to perform medical procedures and assessments, reach with hands and arms and speak and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and smell. The employee is required to maintain adequate physical conditioning to be able to perform these job duties.

+ The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.

+ Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

+ While performing duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions: and is frequently exposed to blood-borne pathogens or airborne particles, fumes and gasses, electrical and chemical hazards. Pre-employment and annual physicals will be provided to include appropriate immunizations as required, back screening and a PPD skin test for tuberculosis.

If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

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HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.