CELINA – Spirit Medical Transport, LLC, has announced another round of scholarship opportunities to those interested in becoming an emergency medical technician. However, this time the classes will be offered at either Celina or Van Wert instead of Greenville.
Through 6 p.m. Jan. 28, Spirit again will 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 website at www.spiritmedicaltransport.com and clicking on the graduation cap or by emailing Spirit’s Human Resource Assistant Andrea Cahill at [email protected].
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 the week of Jan. 28 at Spirit’s Celina office located at 316 Portland St., Celina. Orientation night for successful applicants will be 6 p.m. Feb. 1. 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. The location of where most successful applicants live will determine if the classes will be held at the Celina or Van Wert office of Spirit Medical Transport, LLC. Classes will be held five days a week starting Feb. 25 through April 19. Scott Kaminski of Four County Career Center will serve as lead instructor for the class while Mike Woodford and Scott Wolf of Spirit Medical Transport, LLC, will serve as secondary instructors.
Company officials said the program offered by Spirit is unique while mutually beneficial.
Since the program first began in August 2017, more than 50 EMTs have graduated from the scholarship program. Last August, the company expanded its scholarship program to its working EMTs, offering them a paramedic scholarship program. There are currently 10 Spirit EMT’s in a 14-month paramedic program that will end in October. That class is being held at Spirit’s Greenville office, also in partnership with Four County Career Center.
“We are focused on making Spirit Medical Transport a place where people come to work, learn and grow in their EMS career,” Spirit President/CEO Brian K. Hathaway said. “Many of the people who have gone through our EMT program have come to love working in this career field. Many of the recipients of the program have shared that becoming an EMT is a dream come true for them that wouldn’t have otherwise been possible.”
Hathaway said this scholarship opportunity is slightly different from ones that have been offered in the past.
“For the first time since the scholarship program started, we have looked to change the location of where this class will be held,” Hathaway said. “There has been an increased calling for our services in the northern Ohio region combined with an increased interest of individuals in this area. Based upon this, we have chosen to change the location of the classes this time around to better accommodate the needs and interests of our new applicants.”
With offices in Greenville, Celina, Sidney and Van Wert along with Liberty, Indiana, Hathaway said the scholarship is open to people who live near their respective service areas. Company officials also provide transportation assistance to successful applicants who may not live near the class location but still have an interest in taking advantage of the scholarship opportunity.
