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Hi everyone! Long time no post. I work full-time as a medic in New York City, and have been looking for a second job, possibly one with a path to a flight career. I've had my eye on a particular hospital in New Jersey that's a) not too far from my home in Queens, and b) hiring per diem medics. There is, however, a catch, or more specifically, a catch-22: --In order to get hired in New Jersey as a medic, you have to have a New Jersey State MICP (Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic) card. --To get an MICP card, you have to get sponsored by a hospital. --For a hospital to sponsor you to get your card, you have to get hired. --To get hired, you have to have an MICP card.... Can anyone see a way out of this loop? I've contacted a couple hospitals, but only ever gotten answering machines for the ALS coordinators, and those calls go into the black holes of Never Been Returned. And no, I don't have a National Registry, and no, even if I did it wouldn't help..... right? If any Jersey medics could let me know what I'm doing wrong here or who to reach out to I'd really, really appreciate it. ~MBC