RN-Emergency Dispatch (Part-Time)

As an Associate with Ascension, you will have the opportunity to receive and respond to emergency and non-emergency telephone and radio calls for medical assistance.

Responsibilities:

• Responds to calls in a time-sensitive manner.
• Ensures appropriate and accurate routing of calls.
• Dispatches emergency units and coordinates air medical flights as appropriate and per established algorithms.
• Maintains documentation of calls and physician/service referrals for legal, medical and statistical purposes.
• Follows up with referring entities for ease of access, marketing, evaluation, and quality improvement.

What You Will Need

Licenses/Certifications/Registration:

• Required Credential(s):
  • Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Licensure required relevant to state in which work is performed

Education:

• Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required.

About Ascension:

Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, especially to those most in need. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.

Ascension includes approximately 156,000 associates and 34,000 aligned providers. The national health system operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 21 states and the District of Columbia, while providing a variety of services including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.