You're a civilian paramedic and you want to combine the profession with the military service? The sub-office school of the Land Army in Poznań conducts recruitment for a specialized course for candidates for military paramedics. There are 53 seats waiting for those interested. Applications may be submitted until 14 June. Training will begin on September 1.
The Infantry School of the Land Forces regularly organizes courses for civilians who want to become corporals. They can be utilized for example in cryptology, cybersecurity and general designation or military medicine. This year, the facility offers 37 seats for candidates for military nurses, 1 place for military pharmacists and 53 places for people who want to service as military paramedics. The call for the second group is now underway. “We require appropriate education from applicants. They must have completed their first degree studies in the field or speciality of medical rescue and have a professional bachelor's degree. Graduates of the post-secondary school with a diploma confirming the professional title of a medical lifeguard may besides apply – says choro. Agata Kwiecińska, SPWL press spokesperson in Poznań. It is besides essential to supply a paper confirming that the candidate has developed his professional skills.
Condition test and more
Documents supporting the education and application for appointment voluntary essential military service The training must be submitted to the manager of the MON Personnel Department, via any military recruitment centre selected. The deadline is June 14th.
A period later, the recruitment procedure will begin. For starters, candidates will pass the physical fitness test. Applicants for the course will gotta score 3 sports competitions to check strength, velocity and endurance. They will be walking on 1000 m, the shuttle run 10x10 (men) and the zigzag run on the envelope (women), as well as 1 of 2 competitions to choose from – popular "pumps" or "abdomen".
The recruitment committee will then examine the papers submitted by the candidates and conduct an interview. Among another things, predispositions and motivations for professional military service, interests related to the future direction of science, as well as experience, e.g. in endurance camps, courses or trainings, will be assessed. Those who pass the fitness test and the recruitment committee gives them a affirmative opinion will be referred to medical examinations. During all stages of the recruitment procedure, candidates will be provided with free accommodation and board.
Training in September
Qualified persons will start the course on 1 September. To begin with, it will be 27-day basic training, just after it swears, and then it will take about 3 months of basic education. – Of course there will be tactics, methodology or shooting training. But due to the fact that the listeners will be people who have received medical education in civilians, they must learn military procedures and get the skills that will let them to supply medical assistance in a crisis situation as military rescuers," explains Chor. Kwiecińska. Among the issues will be the issue of securing medical combat actions or the rules for providing medical assistance in the field of combat, taking into account procedures for military missions.
In the first days of January 2026, future officers will start specialist training in Military Center for Medical Education In Łódź. Here, too, there will be command practices, during which they will practice their skills in the field of medicine, providing assistance in combat conditions and evacuation of wounded. The course will end in the beginning of March with an examination for the Petty Officer and promotion to the first rank of the Petty Officer.
The recruitment of military paramedics is part of the Ministry of Defence's concept of forming a component of medical troops. According to the decision of Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, the interministerial squad established in July 2024 is working on a concept of systemic solutions concerning reorganization of military wellness services. In addition to the plan to recreate the Military Medical Academy, the ministry intends to change, among others, the strategy of training of military medical staff and introduce solutions to make the corps of medics grow. According to the data presented in February at the gathering of the Subcommittee on Social Affairs in the military in The army has 1864 jobs for paramedics, and 1056 of them are cast.
