Communications Specialist

Communications Specialist - Phoenix, AZ

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Are you ready to elevate your career to new heights? PHI Health is looking for dynamic, driven individuals to join our team. We are committed to providing top-tier emergency medical services with unmatched speed and efficiency, saving lives when every second counts. By supporting our mission from the ground, you will play a crucial role in orchestrating the seamless operations that keep our advanced fleet soaring and our patients safe.

As a Communications Specialist, you'll collaborate with some of the best minds in the industry, driving initiatives that enhance our services and expand our reach to those who need it most. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive on challenges, PHI Health offers an extraordinary opportunity to impact lives and develop your professional career in a meaningful way.

PHI Health is the leading air ambulance provider in the United States. With an unmatched safety record and the best aviation, medical and communication specialists in the field, we set the standard in the air medical industry. We transport more than 22,000 patients each year from our more than 80 bases across the country, all while offering services and outreach education to local communities and leading healthcare systems. Our mission is simple: move communities to health while maintaining the highest standard of safety, period.

Responsibilities Include:

• Responsible for assimilating various forms of information to make quality decisions while performing a wide range of specialized functions and complex communication services.
• Maintain effective and comprehensive communication with crew members and aircraft using complex, statewide, multi-channeled voting radio system.
• Documents appropriate and accurate detailed medical information pertaining to patient condition and all aspects of transport activity.
• Accurately inputs all flight and ground transport information into network database with special regard to FAA Part 135 and PHI Air Medical policies.
• Maintains and facilitates positive relationships with referring and receiving facilities and pre-hospital agencies.
• Implements proper procedures for notification of administration personnel and/or appropriate agencies in the event of incidents, accidents, or emergency situations.
• Attends certain departmental staff meetings and continuing education meetings.
• Receive incoming quote requests for long distance air medical transports. Using various software programs, calculate price quote based on closest appropriate fixed wing base.
• Initiate front-end billing process for quoted patient accounts going to Patient Financial Services.
• On a daily basis, provide outbound follow-up calls to requestors regarding quote status.
• Other duties as may be required

Schedule/Location:

• 3 & 4
• Phoenix, AZ

The Successful Candidate Will Have:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• EMS and/or air medical communications experience preferred
• Experience in public relations, customer service, marketing or sales and/or healthcare billing and insurance preferred
• Medical terminology preferred
• Must be computer literate and have a good working knowledge of Word and Excel software programs
• Must possess excellent customer service skills and have the ability to function calmly in a high pressure situation
• Must be able to pass pre-placement drug screening and background screen
• This position is designated Safety Sensitive for purposes of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act

Training Requirements:

• Successful Completion of Communication Specialist Academy
• PHI New Hire Orientation Classes
• PHI Destination Zero
• Successful Completion of King County Emergency Medical Dispatcher Certification Program
• Yearly recurrent training courses as required to include HIPAA and Code of Conduct

Our Core Competencies:

• Safe: We are absolute in our belief in the tenets of Destination Zero and that Zero is not only achievable, but the only acceptable outcome.
• Efficient: We are focused on outcomes that are smart and responsible by making the best use of our resources to maximize overall productivity and achieve sustainable profitability as a high performing organization.
• Quality: We are committed to ensuring excellent organizational performance which produces sustainable and reliable outcomes.
• Service: We are dedicated to the service of our customers, our communities and each other.

The PHI Health Advantage:

For more than 40 years, our company has been providing critical air medical transport services across the country. As an organization, we outfit each aircraft we fly with the most advanced technology, subject our crews to the most rigorous protocols and training and pioneer the most-forward thinking safety program in the country.

Everything that we do comes back to the safety of our crew and our patients. Our accident rate is well below the national average and we were the first to receive the Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award. This belief has guided us towards a number of industry firsts and has given us the highest safety rating in the industry.