About this role
Position Summary
Provides leadership, administration, coordination, and continuous improvement for American Heart Association (AHA) Training Center operations, including Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) programs. Ensures reliable course delivery, instructor readiness, learner support, regulatory and organizational compliance, accurate records and eCard administration, and appropriate stewardship of training resources. Collaborates with internal departments, instructors, learners, and community partners to expand access to high-quality resuscitation education and strengthen emergency cardiac care preparedness.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Education, Allied Health, or Healthcare Administration. Current active
New Jersey Licensed Medical Paramedic credential, New Jersey nursing license from an accredited nursing education institution, or New Jersey Respiratory Therapist license. Active, valid AHA BLS, ACLS, PALS Instructor Certification required.
Experience
- Previous AHA BLS, ACLS, PALS Training Center Manager/Coordinator experience preferred
- At least 1 year experience in teaching AHA BLS, ACLS and PALS courses
Skills
- Active, valid AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS Instructor certifications.
- Knowledge of current AHA course, instructor, roster, eCard, record-retention, and Training Center requirements.
- Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, teaching, and customer-service skills.
- Demonstrated organizational, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and project-coordination skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, schedules, records, reports, systems, supplies, and deadlines accurately.
- Ability to function independently and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, instructors, learners, and community partners.
- Ability to adapt instruction to learner age, experience, language skills, and physical abilities.
- Working knowledge of learning management systems, the AHA Instructor Network, and related course-registration and eCard processes.
Job Location
Paramus 140 E Ridgewood Ave
Shift
Day (United States of America)
Benefits
- Medical/Prescription, Dental & Vision Discount Program (Full Time/Part Time Employees)
- Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D(Full Time Employees)
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefit Plans
- Supplemental Voluntary Benefits ( e.g. Short-term and Long-term Disability, Whole Life Insurance, Legal Support, etc.)
- 6 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (varies), Wellness Time Off, Extended Illness
- Retirement Plan
- Tuition Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Valley Health LifeStyles Fitness Center Membership Discount
- Day Care Discounts for Various Daycare Facilities
Salary
Joining Valley Health System means becoming part of a dedicated team that values the highest quality of care in a supportive environment. In our commitment to high performance and reliability, we encourage and recognize exceptional individual performance through our industry leading compensation practices including a starting salary and benefits in accordance with your role, experience, education, and licensure. Actual individual salaries vary depending on these factors. The salary listed does not include other forms of compensation or benefits.
Pay Range: $43.35 - $54.19 (per hour)
EEO Statement
Valley Health System does not discriminate on the basis of ancestry, age, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, civil union status, color, creed, disability, domestic partnership, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, marital status, medical condition or illness, mental or physical handicap, national origin, nationality, perceived disability, pregnancy, race, refusal to submit to genetic testing or make available results of such tests, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other protected basis, in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws.
This applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other conditions and privileges of employment.