About The Position
These roles provide essential assistance to healthcare professionals in delivering patient care, ensuring the smooth functioning of clinical operations by handling tasks that support the diagnostic, therapeutic, and procedural aspects of patient care. Allied Health - Health Services professionals work closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of medical services. The position encompasses a range of roles focused on providing immediate care and response to medical emergencies, accidents, and life-threatening situations. These jobs are critical in stabilizing patients, providing urgent medical care, and ensuring safe transport to healthcare facilities. This role serves as a critical operational lifeline within UVA Health’s emergency medical transport system, responsible for the precise coordination of all air and ground transport activity, ensuring that critically ill and injured patients move safely, efficiently, and with full clinical oversight. Every decision in this role has consequences, as it is the central point of coordination for high-risk, time-sensitive missions involving unstable patients, limited resources, and rapidly evolving clinical conditions, directly shaping patient outcomes.
Requirements
- High School diploma/GED required
- Certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in the Commonwealth of Virginia required
- AHA Health Care Provider BLS CPR certification required
Nice To Haves
- Communications center experience and/or basic dispatcher course/dispatch experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Manage Air Traffic for Medical Flights
- Coordinate Ground EMS Transport
- Provide Real-Time EMS Consultation
- Control Critical Communications Channels
- Ensure Operational and Clinical Accuracy
Benefits
- Compensation starts at the base rates below. Final offers are determined commensurate with education and experience.
- Promotional Opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
