UTMB Job Code 9014

Job Code:	9010
Job Title:	mANAGER, PATIENT EVACUATION COMMAND CENTER
Creation Date:	06/01/2006
Revision Date:
FLSA Status:	EXEMPT

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for activities relating to planning and directing patient evacuation operations, acting as a liaison with medical transportation activities, operating the Patient Evacuation Command Center (PECC), and otherwise coordinating patient movements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Contributes to the success of the UTMB Managed Care organization
Formulates, interprets, and implements policy.
Plans and organizes activities associated with manpower, and evacuation of inmate patients requiring special medical transportation.

· Facilitates activities with TDCJ hospital in Galveston relative to inmate patient movement and staging facility bed utilization.

Facilitates activities with UTMB-CMC Utilization Review Department relative to infirmary bed assignments, and patient movement requirements.

· Facilitates activities with community hospitals throughout the state relative to occurrences of inmate patient care at such facilities.

Prepares work schedules, makes job assignments, reviews employees for merit increases, and approves weekly payroll.
Responsible for training, evaluating, and initiating disciplinary action for all employees supervised.

· Coordinates health services programs relative to the activities of the patient evacuation system.

· Develops financial plans and budget estimates for the Patient Evacuation Command Center.

· Directs the preparation of biometric reports, directives, correspondence,

· Maintains daily productivity reports.

Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:

Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

Bachelors Degree in Health Care Administration, Business Administration or other related field and three (3) years supervisory experience.

EQUIPMENT:

Standard office equipment. Uses computer-aided dispatch, vehicle, and inmate patient tracking system to include multi-line telephone systems, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) telecommunications system, multi-channel radio console with headsets and telephone handsets, video display terminals, and computer keyboards. Resource materials include hardware and software documentation, patient movement coordinator training manual, call-out schedules, maps, inmate classifications, level of transportation decision criteria, policies, regulations, operating procedures and administrative directives.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/LOCATION OF POSITION:

Standard hospital, clinical, laboratory and/or office environments. Requires extensive travel to meet with customers and entering prison facilities. May be exposed to such occupational hazards such as communicable diseases, harmful chemicals, and/or disoriented or combative patients.

OTHER:

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.

ANY QUALIFICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED AS EQUIVALENTS IN LIEU OF STATED MINIMUMS REQUIRE THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION UNIVERSITY

The University of Texas Medical Branch is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action University

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