Medstar Communications Specialist Job Listing at MedStar Medical Group in Lanham, MD (Job ID req32124)

Description

General Summary of Position

We have a full-time opportunity at our Transfer Center located in Lanham, MD office. The Communications Specialist provides services including: Emergency requests to transfers critical patients to MedStar Hospitals for conditions such as heart attacks, strokes, trauma and other time sensitive emergencies; non-emergency transfer requests to MedStar hospitals; dispatches helicopters and ground critical care ambulances; requests for ambulance and wheelchair transports for all MedStar hospitals; coordination of critical responses such as in-hospital Code Heart; coordination of regional hospitals information during disasters; critical radiology communications; and other critical communications for the MedStar Health system.

1-2 years experience in an emergency/critical care setting is required.

This department is open 24 hours a day and has openings for day, evening, and overnight shifts. The shifts are typically 12 hours and every other weekend is required. This Full-Time position will be represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 722. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications
Education

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Specialized and/or advanced clerical, technical or other vocational training in emergency medicine/communications acquired during 1 - 2 years of additional job-related training required.

Experience

• 2 years in communications and/or healthcare such as EMT-B required.

Licenses and Certifications

• National Association of Air Medical Communication Center Specialist Certification - NAACS (current or prior registration) preferred.
• NREMT - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B) (current or prior registration) preferred.
• Emergency Medical Dispatcher (current or prior registration) preferred.
• Medical Assistant (current or prior registration) preferred.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (current or prior registration) preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency in keyboarding (>60 words/minute preferred)
• Job requires extensive keyboarding, handwriting and use of telephone equipment

This position has a hiring range of $21.83 - $33.49