Overnight Rockford Dispatcher - Military Veterans
at Superior Ambulance
Overview
Job Summary:
The dispatcher is responsible for dispatching, overseeing and maintaining the status' of the gantt, giving out appropriate ETA's, triaging ambulance response, and act as support to customer service representatives. All employees are expected to uphold the company's high value and impeccable reputation within the medical community. One must demonstrate the company's philosophy and values which are TLCS= Timelines, Look Good, Customer Service, and Safety.
Wage Range: $23 - $27 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience
Responsibilities
- Be extremely knowledgeable in service area
- Give appropriate ETA's while accounting for type and level of response, traffic patterns, and weather conditions
- Prioritize request for ambulance service
- Communicate issues to marketing, management, and customers as necessary
- Assist EMT's and Paramedics with directions as necessary
- Maintain appropriate status of crews at all times
- Oversee function of assistant dispatcher
- Delegate additional responsibilities to assistant as necessary
- Assist in receiving and entering in request for ambulance or medicar service as necessary
- Communicate patient diversions and keep all appropriate associated records
- Maintain status records and give appropriate ETA's for Critical Care Transport as necessary
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Map reading skills
- Problem solving skills
- Multi-tasking ability
- Effective communication skills
- EMD license
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of the position, the employee is required to sit for long periods of time. Employee will be required to listen to radio traffic/PTT, communicate over the phone as well as monitor and respond to all Logis chat messages, and ability to type is required. Employee should be able to work under stressful conditions.
Work Environment:
While performing the duties of the job, the employee has verbal contact with others and constantly works face to face with and around others. Consistently uses office equipment such as computer, radios, printers, fax machine, ect.
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc. is committed to attracting and retaining the best talent. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. M/F/V/D
Rockford, IL
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc. and its affiliates (Illinois Medi-Car, Inc.; Metro Paramedic Services, Inc.; Norcomm Public Safety Communications, Inc.; Air Med 1; and Paramedic Billing Services, Inc.) are headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois with multiple locations in Illinois and Indiana. Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Michigan, Inc. is headquartered and has several locations in the Detroit metropolitan area. Since 1959, Superior has grown to be the largest independent, locally-owned and operated emergency medical services provider in the greater Chicagoland area. The Superior companies employ more than 1600 individuals, including more than 1000 licensed EMS personnel, and operate a fleet of more than 200 ambulances. A second-generation, family-owned and operated business, Superior integrates family values into its daily operations and corporate vision. Superior has created a foundation of success that has led to partnerships with more than 100 renowned healthcare institutions in the Chicagoland area (25 throughout DuPage County), as well as in Northwest Indiana and Southeast Michigan.