Air Med Telecommunicator - Critical Care Transport

Responsibilities

• Coordinates all transport activity by notifying transport team, checking weather, verifying locations, security, patient information, and facilitating communication between hospital and flight crew.
• Maintains position reports of the aircrafts/vehicles.
• Maintains position report of the aircraft throughout the flight.
• Ensures that all communication center equipment is in working order.
• Facilitates communication between the transport team, medical control officer, referring and receiving physician.
• Maintains all records for missions, data entry, and billing.
• Completes data entry for transports and patients to ensure proper billing.
• Maintains flight log data.
• Completes transport request forms and billing invoices for each transport.
• Maintains a network of radios, telephones, and weather radios.
• Receives requests for air/ground transport for critically ill or injured patients.
• Communicates request to appropriate medical, flight, ground, or other teams.
• Serves as a resource person concerning availability of aircraft and other affiliated aircraft.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• No licensure or certification required.
• One (1) year of experience in radio communications or dispatch.

Qualifications

• Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities: Required to perform the essential functions of this position.

Benefits

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.