EMT Coordinator

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As an EMT Coordinator with Medical City Plano you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Benefits

Medical City Plano, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

• Colleague recognition program

• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Medical City Plano family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic EMT Coordinator to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Performs all transfer center functions, including centralized patient placement, in a timely, customer centered professional manner with the aid of a computer database consisting of facility service profiles, approved clinical protocols, established patient care protocols, and healthcare information.

• Transport coordination specific to the transfer of patients and discharges from HCA facilities.

• Follow specific protocols, policies, procedures, and utilize established resources to safely place patients at facilities.

• Work collaboratively with team members ensuring appropriate patient admission.

• Establish and maintain a high degree of awareness and knowledge of hospitals' medical staff, services, and special programs.

• Exhibit and model exceptional customer relationship behaviors, including telephone and personal contact with all of the call center' customer groups (i.e. physicians and their office staffs, callers, and fellow employees).

• Maintain professionalism and customer- centric communication with challenging callers.

• Performs functions, including centralized patient placement, for medical and or behavioral health patients in a timely, customer centered professional manner with the aid of a computer database consisting of facility service profiles, approved clinical protocols, established patient care protocols, and healthcare information

• Coordinates transfer of emergent, urgent and elective patients to a final destination facility from all potential referral sources to include but not limited to hospitals, clinics, post-acute centers, and physician offices via a telephone call to initiate acceptance and expedite decision making relative to a potential transfer.

• Patient placement functions will ensure timely bed placement, appropriate bed assignment, and provide accurate patient information to assist with the development of an initial plan of care

• Ensures accurate and concurrent data collection and maintenance in both patient record and center workflow systems.

• Proficient in navigating and documenting in all technology platforms and other call and office-oriented systems as needed.

Skills Required

• Must be proficient in EMTALA.

• Knowledge of all state/federal regulatory requirements pertaining to ambulance transports

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with physicians and their offices to coordinate admission

• Problem-solving skills to determine the best course of action, which will be satisfactory to the patient, the physicians, and the hospital.

• Knowledge of basic hospital services.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of hospital and clinical operations and patient care practices

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, Internet searches, and relevant data bases.

• Ability to work independently and under pressure to follow through on issues.

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.

• Ability to establish and maintain long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations.

• Ability to work effectively with other employees and external parties

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of clinical or hospital experience required- highly preferred ED and acute hospital experience.

• Call Center/Transfer Center experience (preferred)

• EMT Basic Certificate (required)

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 EMT Coordinator - SIGN ON BONUS 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 and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.