Dispatch Asst - Pediatric Transfer Center

Department:

35120 ACH Enterprise - Pediatrics: Transport Team

Status:

Part time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

24

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Night Shift: 7pm-7am

Location: 395 W Lake Street, Elmhurst, IL 60126

Full Time Night Shift: 7pm-7am

Position Requirements:
High school graduate or equivalent
2 years previous healthcare experience
Knowledge of medical terminology
Excellent personal skills
Good communication skills both verbal and written
Basic computer skills
Ability to type approx 30 words a minute.
Purpose:
To assist the ACH Transfer Center in facilitating timely and efficient transfers into the Advocate Children's Hospitals. The Transfer Center Assistant will collaborate with the transport team unit staff and other departments. The Transfer Center Assistant maintains the call queue and reports within the unit's database. This position also provides closed loop feedback to referral hospitals related the transport process. This positions works in collaboration with the rest of the Transfer Center crew.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to tolerate long periods of sitting and staying focused on callers need with use of voice, eye, wrist, hands and fingers for operation of computer and telephonic processes. Reach and stretch above and below shoulder level. Some pushing/pulling. Kneeling, bending may be required.

EXPOSURE TO HAZARDS: Exposure to General Office Environment.
Ability to work flexible hours to provide staffing for the department, which is open twenty~four (24) hour per day, seven (7) days per week program
occasional lifting of 10 pounds

Accountabilities:
Responsible for professional growth. 5 percent
Coordinates interfacility transfers
Provides secretarial support
Safety and quality

About Advocate Health 

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.