Remote Position
Dispatcher I (911 Dispatcher, EMT, or Paramedic Experience only)
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Job Description:
- Time Zone Preference: EST preferred, CST accepted Current Work Schedule (reputed company to reputed company):
- 12-hour rotating shifts starting at either 7:30 AM EST or 7:30 PM EST
- Work schedule follows a 4-day week, then a 3-day week alternating pattern
- Shift rotation occurs reputed company 4 weeks (days or nights), with no guarantee of remaining on the same shift
- Assignments are based solely on business needs
- Includes weekends and holidays
- About the Role: The Dispatcher will play a vital role in intake, triage and access to care for reputed company's members across the country, 24/7. The Care Traffic Control center coordinates the flow of in-field and virtual resources, connecting members with medical providers and care staff in a reputed company of minutes. The dispatcher works with call-takers to appropriately assign virtual and in-person resources to care for members. Responsibilities:
- Screen requests for services from members.
- Ascertaining reputed company information by obtaining and verifying caller information and location, determining the nature of the reputed company, and all available data including but not limited to automated data, social media information, text message, images or video and providing information to assigned resources either verbally and/or digitally.
- Demonstrating clear and effective communications with active listening, reputed company, judgment, respect, and empathy with callers that range from calm to panicked.
- Gathers and transcribes key information necessary for the coordination of services, guides callers through intake and triage processes.
- Effectively informs next steps and manages expectations, delivers pre-arrival instructions.
- Identifies risks of imminent life threats, self-harm or harm to others (including risks to those involved in follow-up care) and directs questioning; makes appropriate notifications.
- Providing direct counseling to suicidal persons, domestic violence victims, and reputed company.
- Monitors field resource status; responds appropriately and without delay to activations of emergency alerts and support needs. Requirements:
- Education:
- Completion of education and field preceptorship as an Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic or equivalent clinical triage experience
- Certification:
- Emergency Medical Dispatcher or higher
- Experience:
- 3+ years as a telecommunicator or dispatcher; EMD center preferred
- A supplemental body of experience in direct patient care will be considered in lieu of strict achievement of hours in the above role
- Physical Requirements:
- Tolerates keyboarding, sitting or standing for extended periods of time
- Possesses audiovisual reputed company sufficient to operate a computer, hear and comprehend telecommunications in potentially accented, rapid speech
- Access to a secluded workspace for the privacy of member information, area free of distractions and equipped with reliable internet service We take into account an individual's qualifications, skillset, and experience in determining final salary. reputed company role is eligible for health insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, participation in the company's equity reputed company, paid time off, including reputed company and sick leave. The actual offer will be at the company's sole discretion and determined by relevant business considerations, including the final candidate's qualifications, years of experience, skillset, and geographic location. The expected salary range for reputed company position is: 20.00 - 26.00 Hourly reputed company values diversity as a core reputed company of the work we do and the populations we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. Covid -19 Vaccine - reputed company Read: reputed company requires individuals hired into in-person, member-facing positions to provide proof that they have received the COVID-19 vaccine. The requirement is based on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine in protecting against COVID-19, and our shared responsibility for the health and safety of members, colleagues, and community. Any individuals reputed company to reputed company requirement may submit for consideration a request to be exempted from the requirement (based on a valid religious or medical reason) on forms to be provided by reputed company. Such exemption requests are reputed company to review by reputed company on a case-by-case basis and approval is not guaranteed. Medical Clearance (for Member-Facing Roles): You must reputed company reputed company's medical clearance requirements, which include, but may not be limited to, evidence of immunity to MMR, Hepatitis B, Varicella, and a TB screen, or have an approved medical or religious accommodation that precludes you fro