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Katie
Fenstermaker, RN, at Wayne Health Care, receives report from
recent EMT graduate Jacob Cain of Greenville while Dr. Robert Girmann,
MD, cares for Peggy Nealeigh during a recent mock exercise. John R.
Hathaway Jr., EMT, (right) of Greenville listens to the report. Cain, a
2017 graduate of Greenville High School, spent the latter part of his
senior year studying to be an EMT through Spirit’s scholarship program
and graduated his class with high honors.
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EMT scholarship
opportunities available to area locals
Spirit Medical Transport, LLC, has announced another round of
scholarship opportunities to those interested in becoming an emergency
medical technician.
Starting today through March 7, 2018, at 5 p.m., Spirit will again
accept scholarship applications from individuals who have an interest
in becoming an EMT and working full-time for Spirit once they’ve
successfully completed their class, passed their national EMT test, and
completed field training. The “full-ride” scholarship involves a
two-year full-time employment commitment to Spirit. Application
requests can be made by going online to the Spirit webpage at
www.spiritmedicaltransport.com or by emailing Spirit’s Human Resource
Assistant Lora Miller at lmiller@spiritmedicaltransport.com.
After submitting the application, candidates will be interviewed on a
first-come, first-serve basis by a member of the Spirit human resources
department. Panel interviews of scholarship finalists will take place
March 13th and 14th at the Greenville office. Orientation night for
successful applicants will be at 6 p.m. March 16th. Successful
candidates are paid while attending the classes.
The classes are a partnership between Spirit Medical Transport, LLC,
and Four County Career Center based in Archbold, Ohio. Classes will be
held in the classroom at Spirit’s Greenville office five days a week
starting April 3rd through May 24th. For those not living in the
Greenville area, transportation options to and/or from class are also
being made available.
Company officials say the program being offered by Spirit is very
unique, while mutually beneficial.
“There’s a growing need for well-qualified EMTs in the areas we serve,”
explained Spirit President/CEO Brian K. Hathaway. “Our EMT scholarships
provide people the opportunity to help people in need, while allowing
you the opportunity to give back to your community.”
Company officials graduated 14 EMTs from their first class this past
November. There are currently 11 students attending a current EMT class
which concludes in late March. Now, with 15 additional scholarships
available for the April class, Spirit hopes to engage people of all
ages to pursue the career of their dreams.
“If you aren’t sure this is a field you want to get into, feel free to
call us or stop in so we can share more about what all we do as
healthcare providers,” explained Spirit Vice President Aaron Guthrie.
“In some cases, we’ve afforded those who weren’t sure this was the
right career path the opportunity to shadow one of our crews for a
day.”
The additional EMT’s coming out of class will not only enable the
company the opportunity to serve the ever-growing need for ambulance
services, but it will also allow them to have sufficient staffing to
further the education of its work force.
“We are focused on making Spirit Medical Transport a place where people
come to work, learn, and grow in their EMS career,” Hathaway explained.
“In the months to come, we plan to provide our longevity EMT’s the
opportunity to advance their skills and enroll in a company-sponsored
paramedic scholarship program.”
With offices in Greenville, Celina, Sidney, and Van Wert, Ohio, along
with Liberty, Indiana, Hathaway said the scholarship is open to people
who live near their respective service areas.
“As a company, we are pleased to open the doors of opportunity to those
individuals who are in pursuit of a rewarding career and have a passion
to serve people during some of the roughest days of their lives. It’s
so exciting to enable personal growth and career success to those who
want to join us and our commitment to serve the community,” Hathaway
concluded.
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