Medical Communications Specialist - Per Diem - Med Flight
Medical Communications Specialist - Per Diem - Med Flight
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Job Description
Work Schedule:
Parttime Per diem position required to work 12 hours/month day/night Rotating 12 hour day/night shifts. Hours may vary based on the operational needs of the department.
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We are seeking a Medical Communications Specialist to:
- Triage incoming calls for urgent and emergent patient transfers from the Access Center for interfacility flights. Log time and nature of each call.
- Triage incoming calls and direct radio requests for scene flights from the regional 911 center county sheriff departments or emergency response agencies including police and fire departments and EMS units.
- Collect available patient medical information from referring facilities for all patients being transported to University Hospital and American Family Childrens Hospital. Relay this information to the Emergency Department Admissions Office and/or the receiving unit.
- Continuously monitor telephones radios emergency alert scanner and the intrahospital encrypted radio in effort to be made aware of scene flights as early as possible.
- Establish appropriate radio and landline communications with requesting agencies to secure landing zone instructions. Relay initial patient medical report to the flight crew.
Education:
Minimum High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Associates Degree or higher
Work Experience:
Minimum Two (2) years of experience in an emergency services role such as an Emergency
Medical Dispatcher Emergency Medical Technician or comparable role
Preferred Three (3) years of professional work experience in customer service physician referral
or emergency medical dispatch
- Certified Flight Communicator within 11/2 Yrs Required
- EMT Paramedic Preferred
Our Commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion
UW Health is committed to being a diverse equitable inclusive and antiracist workplace and is an Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. Our integrity shines through in patient care interactions and our daily work practices as we work to embrace the knowledge unique perspectives and qualities each employee and faculty member brings to work each from Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals LGBTQ and nonbinary identities women persons with disabilities military service members and veterans are strongly encouraged. EOE including disability/veterans.
University Hospitalin Madison is a Magnetdesignated facility thatsranked Wisconsins #1 hospitaland considered one of the nations leading hospitals teaching institutions and referral centers.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Part-Time
