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MedStar Transfer Coordinator (PRN)

MedStar Health
United States, Maryland, Lanham
Nov 08, 2024

General Summary of Position

The
MedStar Capacity Transfer Center has a PRN opportunity at our Lanham, MD
office. The Transfer Coordinator 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.

Prior 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 is an as-needed position and the number of hours worked each week will vary.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Receives and processes requests for emergency and non-emergency patient transfers to MedStar Health hospitals.
  • Dispatches and communicates with helicopters using multiple radio systems.
  • Tracks aircraft and ambulance using Geographic Information Systems.
  • Receives and processes requests for emergency and non-emergency patient transports to and from MedStar hospitals including helicopter, ambulance, wheelchair van and sedan.
  • Determines appropriate mode of transport based on patient needs.
  • Contacts physician and other providers using on-call schedules and paging or other text messaging systems.


  • 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 $22.559 - $34.43

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