Emergency Medical Dispatcher

Rescue Technologies Limited - Our Company is a foremost provider of technically enhanced Emergency and Medical services solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Emergency Medical Dispatcher

Job Location: Lagos

Objectives

• An emergency medical dispatcher works from the dispatch desk where the personnel takes charge by alerting, deploying and coordinating ambulance crew/medics for ground ambulance evacuation while maintaining a realtime log of activities.

Job Requirements

• Must be a Registered Nurse, Accident and Emergency Nurse, Paediatric Nurse
• Copy of Certificate for BLS,ACLS,ITLS,PHTLS,PALS or ATLS
• Knowledge on First Aid and emergency response
• Background knowledge in emergency medical dispatch
• Advanced computer literacy
• Good command of the use of English language and any other local language
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer care skills
• Good prioritising and triage skills
• Ability to lead a team

Job Description

• Retrieves information from emergency call takers and transmits information to emergency service personnel on the ambulance and the receiving facility
• Determine and assign the level of priority of calls received by emergency call takers and enter the into a computer aided dispatch system for radio/online dispatch purposes
• Performs triage and provide pre-arrival instructions for emergency medical calls to victims or bystanders
• Follows prescribed protocols(EMD) to provide medical instruction to callers during high confirmed emergency related events until ambulance crew arrives on scene
• Monitor and track ambulance crew locations for smooth operations.
• Maintains a positive customer service attitude always with the public, corporate clients, coâ€?workers and supervisor
• Liaise with health care providers/ health facilities on condition of patient, expected time of arrival of ambulance and special equipment required to ensure readiness of health facility
• Liaise with on call Doctor to ensure that ambulance crew receives adequate support throughout evacuation

Deadline
12th May, 2017.