Detroit Medical Center is hiring: ED Communication Specialist Full Time Days in

ED Communication Specialist Full Time Days

DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services. Sinai‑Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country. Sinai‑Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.

Job Summary

The Communication Specialist staffs the Communication Center in the emergency department at Detroit Receiving Hospital. The Communication Center centralizes and streamlines communication between DMC hospital sites and the surrounding area. It houses all outside communication equipment used to receive notification of critical patient transports, disasters, or mass casualty events, and supports the Personal Computer‑Based Emergency Management system used during major incidents in Michigan to track patient movement from the scene to the hospital. The goal is to expedite incoming patient transfers from external facilities and communicate patient condition to ED staff prior to arrival.

Job Duties

• Expedites and coordinates all transfers from external facilities.
• Coordinates and activates STEMI process, stroke team notification, major communicable disease response team, chempack team, decontamination team, and all communications from outside agencies regarding bioterrorism, decontamination, and code yellow; activates trauma pager.
• Handles operations of all communication equipment used to receive notification of critical patient transports, disasters, or mass casualty events by responding to HEAR radio, Region 2 South 800 MHz HEMS radio, life‑net RS 12‑lead receiving stations, care point receiving monitor, UHF receiving station, telemetry, EM TRAX, and EMResource.
• Maintains appropriate log sheets and associated data.
• Attends appropriate trauma systems monthly meetings.
• Responds to telemetry alerts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School graduation or equivalent.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• State of Michigan license for Emergency Medical Technician.
• One or two years experience as an EMT preferred.
• Dispatch certification recommended but not required.

Job Details

Primary Location: Detroit, Michigan
Employment Type: Full Time
Shift Type: Day

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.