Public Safety Dispatcher

Overview

Benefits At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be. We provide:

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
• Family-focused benefits
• Wellness incentives

Ongoing mentorship, development, leadership programs...and more!

• The Public Safety Dispatcher displays analytical and organizational skills necessary to receive, evaluate, and dispatch emergency and non-emergency calls for assistance.
• Utilizes effective communication through verbal and typing skills to maintain efficient operations and respond to police and security situations.
• Exhibits technological competency to utilize complex telecommunications, alarms, and computer systems.
• Answer, evaluate, prioritize, and dispatch emergency and non-emergency calls for assistance to Police and Public Safety Officers.
• Monitor and process calls from large number of incoming telephone lines, intercom lines, emergency call boxes and alarms.
• Monitor complex system of alarms, computerized access control, and CCTV.
• Must remain calm and focused during life and death incidents to ensure Police, Security, and Medical response is appropriate and complete.

• Two (2) years of customer service/telecommunications, military, law enforcement or security experience required.
• A high school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Additional training beyond high school preferred.
• APCO, IAHSS or related certification desired.

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources ase note that one week's advance notice is preferred.