Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Trauma Center Coordinator PRN with Methodist Healthcare you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Centralized Transportation Center Coordinator will monitor and respond to requests for medical transportation from and for all campuses within Methodist Healthcare and referring facilities as directed. Information acquired will be conveyed to both their team members and appropriate Patient Placement Center Coordinator(s) (RN) or referring facility staff to ensure safe transportation of all patients. The Centralized Transportation Center Coordinator will perform all duties identified in their job description and demonstrate proficiency in required hardware, software, and communications equipment and procedures. They will serve as a member of the healthcare team through active communication; documentation; feedback and assistance as needed or requested. The Centralized Transportation Center Coordinator will serve as a patient advocate, exercising critical thinking in the best interest of patient safety. Attend meetings and in-services as required by departmental policy. Contributes to the growth and development of self and department. Maintains active involvement. Maintains good working relationship with EMS, clinical and non-clinical facility staff, division and facility leadership, co-workers, and other staff. Maintains competence with charting system. They may not, under any circumstances, perform prohibited functions as listed in the employee handbook.
Essential Job Functions:
1. Facilitate the dispatching of emergent and non-emergent EMS services in and put our Methodist Healthcare for discharged, in coming or outgoing transfer patients
2. Participate in continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives
3. Demonstrates and maintains proficiency in documentation and communication in dispatch software
4. Answer and relay patient transport info (not allowed to give or take orders)
5. Utilize SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) for communication and unit assignment
6. Support and represent the facility’s Core Values while performing the role
7. Attend meetings and in-services as required by departmental policy
What qualifications you will need:
- Current National or State of Texas certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or above.
- Current BLS Healthcare Provider.
- 1 year experience as an EMT or Paramedic with an EMS agency OR relevant clinical experience working in a hospital.
- Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).
Preferred:
- Recent field EMT or Paramedic or hospital experience; and dispatch experience
Minimum License, Certificates, or Registrations Required:
- Required: Texas DSHS; EMT, BLS CPR Preferred: Texas DSHS; EMT-Paramedic, BLS CPR, ACLS & PALS
Benefits
Methodist Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
HCA Healthcare (Corporate), based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled resources and opportunities to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and career advancement opportunities, every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our Executive Development Program, where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Trauma Center Coordinator PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
