Emergency Dispatch Communication Specialist- Omaha, NE (Position starts June 28th, 2021)

Company: Air Methods Corporation
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: June 4, 2021

Job Description:

We offer in-house training for this position and have a career progression program for advancement.

This position is on-site at our 24/7 dispatch facility in Omaha, NE. It is not a remote position.

Air Methods offers a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package including health/dental/vision and 401K options.

You can help save lives! The Dispatch Communication Specialist is responsible to serve as a communications coordinator between all customers of Air Methods Communications (AirCom), including aircraft flight crews, pre-hospital health care providers and other qualified callers.

The exciting role of a communication specialists for Air Methods enables you to:

• Assisting hospital staff or 911 dispatchers across the nation looking to transport critical patients
• Interact with pilots and medical experts all across the country
• Actively flight follow the growing number of aircraft in the Air Method's Fleet
• Be a part of the largest Air Medical Flight Following Center in the world!!!

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Schedule: 12 hour shifts/overnight schedules and overtime available. Shift start times 5pm, 5:30pm or 6pm

Pay: Dependent on experience. Pay increase for active EMT/Paramedic certification

Responsibilities:

Performs emergency dispatching for Life Flight and Ground Ambulances

Skills:

Ability to be calm during emergency/stressful situations

Ability to record and relay reports accurately

Advanced customer service and phone skills

Strong interpersonal skills and high degree of collaboration at all levels

Intermediate computer and data entry skills, including using Microsoft Office Suite

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  In accordance with applicable laws, Air Methods will provide reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue burden so disabled employees may perform the essential functions of the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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