Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the Work and Activities of EMTs.
- Conduct yourself in a courteous, helpful, and professional manner at all times when dealing with patients, co-workers, supervisors and/or the public
- Receive, prioritize, and dispatch calls in CAD system
- Provide top tier customer service to medical facilities, the public, and our EMTs
- Gather and verify billing information including full patient demographics, insurance information, eligibility, and authorization required by insurance, medical necessity, and payers
- Maintain professional demeanor in office and while on the phone with customers
- Dispatch ambulances to scheduled runs to ensure appropriate medical level of transport care to area facilities
- Intake a large call volume and triage to determine appropriate level of care and coordinate transport
- Display knowledge of appropriate medical terminology and conditions
- Plans, manages and reviews the work of assigned dispatch staff for the Jefferson Transfer Center and King of Prussia
- Schedules staff to provide coverage on a 24-hour, 7-day basis
- Participates in the selection of assigned staff
- Provides for the training of staff in work procedures
- Evaluates performance and provides for staff discipline as required
- Develops and implements goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards for the division
- Provides for the installation, upgrading, maintenance, operation and staff training for all dispatch hardware and software
- Coordinates the dispatch services of the markets to ensure timely and efficient patient delivery to the standards set forth by Ambulnz
- Maintains a healthy relationship with all clients
- Stays current with the EMS laws, regulations and developments
- Prepares a variety of periodic and special reports as required
- Reports to the Director(s) of Operations within the market(s)
- Oversees compliant Call Taking, Dispatch and Pre-Billing functions for the assigned market
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Perform other duties as required/assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Proven experience as a dispatcher in a relevant field (EMS/Clinical background is preferred)
- Tech-savvy with knowledge of computer aided dispatch software (CAD)
- Fast typing (30 words/minute)
- Proficient in English (oral and written)
- 3+ years of EMS experience
- Experience as an EMS dispatcher
- Previous experience as an EMT (preferred)
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The above-noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the applicant a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of this position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of the position.
