Weekend Emergency Communications Dispatcher - Part-Time

RWD Consulting, LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Medical Emergency Dispatcher for weekend, part-time shifts. The role focuses on emergency communication reception, dispatching, and coordinating with police, fire, and hospital units to ensure timely response.

Training includes 80 hours over 10 days from date of hire. The position requires monitoring radios, maintaining logs, handling non-emergency calls, and generating incident reports in the hospital’s data systems.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of standardized computer operations.
• Knowledge of logs, reports, and filing procedures.
• Knowledge to coordinate E-911 center with installation-wide emergency services.
• Knowledge of basic emergency medical techniques to relay information.

Responsibilities

• Provides emergency communication reception and dispatching services.
• Determines the response and services to be rendered based on the call.
• Maintains liaison with scene and other agencies until incident termination.
• Prioritizes calls during multiple emergencies to ensure appropriate response levels.
• Monitors emergency radios including police, fire, and mutual aid frequencies.
• Provides information to senior officials and conducts follow-up inquiries.

Skills

Emergency communications

Radio operations

Data entry

Telephone handling

Crisis management

Tools

Hospital Code Alarm system

Emergency radios

Job description

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Medical Emergency Dispatcher for weekend, part-time shifts. The role focuses on emergency communication reception, dispatching, and coordinating with police, fire, and hospital units to ensure timely response.

Training includes 80 hours over 10 days from date of hire. The position requires monitoring radios, maintaining logs, handling non-emergency calls, and generating incident reports in the hospital’s data systems.