About This Role
This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. This position provides emergency response services to the residents of Berkeley County, working under stressful, high-risk conditions while dealing courteously and effectively with fellow employees and citizens.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the first link to emergency response services by answering and dispatching routine and 911 emergency calls to police, fire and emergency medical units and agencies
- Ask questions to interpret caller's needs and translate information to the appropriate codes
- Maintain a log of radio transmissions, telephone calls and other pertinent information and facts and input them into a computer
- Operate NCIC machine to retrieve license registration information and outstanding warrant information
- File all related paperwork
- Work under the general direction of the Communications Manager and Shift Supervisors
- Perform clerical, administrative and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork and scheduling appointments
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Six (6) months of experience
- Computerized testing required
- CPR Certification within six (6) months of employment
- Certification as Emergency Medical Dispatcher, NCIC terminal operator, and Certified 911 Telecommunicator within first year of employment
- Willingness to attend training classes anywhere in the continental U.S.
- Departmental testing may be administered during interview
- Must not have been convicted of a crime in which a sentence of one (1) year or greater could have been imposed by the Courts
- This is a safety sensitive position and is subject to random drug and alcohol testing
- This position is considered emergency essential and will be required to report to work during any declared emergency situation
- Ability to articulate and communicate clearly and distinctly by phone, radio, and in person in a semi-noisy environment
- Ability to remain calm and think clearly to make critical decisions and exercise good judgment in stressful situations while multi-tasking
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Ability to sit and use hands to handle or operate objects, tools or controls; reach and finger with hands and arms; use mental acuity and repetitive motion; and walk, talk and hear
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to ten (10) pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
