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Transport Operations Center Specialist / Nights

Job ID: 337924

Category: EMT/Transport

Work Type: FT

Location: Lancaster, PA, United States

Work Schedule: Nights

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Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life\'s work?

LOCATION: Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA

SCHEDULE: Full-time, night shift position (72 hours per 2-week pay period). Week 1 consists of 32 hours: Every other Saturday and Sunday weekend rotation.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Coordination of patient incoming and outgoing transfers and transports, outgoing Discharges, intra departmental patient transfers between LGH entities, coordination with clinical departments across Penn Medicine/Lancaster General Health (LGH).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Receive Prehospital emergency medical reports and share pertinent clinical information with emergency department clinical staff/Emergency Department Charge Nurse.
• Receive Medical command calls and ensure timely connection with appropriate medical command provider.
• Coordinate outgoing patient transports ensuring efficiency, accuracy and with adherence to standard work.
• Communication to clinical areas upon EMS arrival for transports- Proactive approach to ensuring patient readiness prior to transports.
• Coordinates Helicopter landings at LGH.
• Updates established PA Medic with Hospital overcrowding and divert status alerts.
• Receives emergency clinical alert calls from LGH Suburban Outpatient Pavilion.
• Coordination center for intra Penn Medicine transfers in conjunction with the established Penn medicine transfer center.
• Coordinates EMS response/call for Perinatal emergency code alerts.
• Coordinates and communicates with Duke Street and or Women's and Babies hospital supervisor as needed, IE informing of MCI events, communicating about Divert and or Overcrowding status.
• Communication with local emergency responders if internal incident exceeds internal capabilities, collaboration with emergency management team at LGH and or with Incident command structure when activated - HICS Standards.
• Maintain Taxi Voucher utilization.
• Participate in performance improvement and daily huddles to ensure transport efficiency is achieved

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:· HS Diploma or GED· Experience with scheduling, coordination activities, multitasking, familiar with basic medical nomenclature, strong organizational skills, strong interpersonal skills, closed loop communicationPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:· Associate's degree No call required. Holidays worked only if they fall on a scheduled workday.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life\'s Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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