Emergency Department Coord

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JOB INFORMATION

Effective Date:

6/25/2026

Entity:

Wisconsin

Job Code:

440039

Job Title:

Emergency Department Coord

FLSA Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Management Level:

Individual Contributor

JOB SUMMARY

Under the guidance of the Emergency Department Supervisor or Emergency Services Business Operations Manager, this position is responsible for completing patient arrival, answering in-coming emergency phones, placing emergency pages, paging services to respond to the ED, entry of emergency and non-emergency orders, charge document processing, maintenance of department/patient records, electronic logs, processing certified mail and other clerical duties.  The incumbent must have the ability to perform multiple tasks while prioritizing their urgency. Skilled communication and interviewing techniques are required, as well as excellent public relations skills including the ability to speak calmly and clearly during an emergency.  This position is critical to assist clinicians and maintain streamlined patient care. The EDC has major department role during Health Link downtime as an expert resource for workflows and documentation of patient events as well as maintaining ADT events for facility-wide during the downtimes.  This position is required to cover on-call shifts for coverage as operational need dictates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

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Arrive patients including the creation of new Medical Record numbers as appropriate.

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Enter emergent Health Link patient orders for EKG and enter non-emergent bed and/or supply orders when required.

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Answer all incoming calls, assessing nature and urgency, and determine the appropriate triage of the call. Use established guidelines for patient advice call triage. Maintain courtesy and professionalism during urgent situations.

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Utilize appropriate on-call schedules, paging schedules and directory.

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Initiate emergency calls as needed, including initiation of STAT pages, BLUE CART, STAT ASSISTANCE, DISASTER PLAN, and calls to Hospital Security, University Police. Report as appropriate when staff/patient safety may be jeopardized.

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Place emergent group pages for Trauma, Pediatric Trauma, Stroke Code, Neuro-Endovascular Stroke and ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients according to these individual emergent workflows.

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Collect and review necessary ED patient documents for future use in assisting with patient care or to be used by financial staff to satisfy contractual agreements or billing inquiries.

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Assist ED patients in scheduling follow-up clinic appointments.

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Request hospital services such as Interpreter Services, Patient Relations Representative, Pastoral services, Social Work, etc. independently or as directed.

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Maintain an inventory for forms, medical requisitions, and office supplies.

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Coordinate ED patient transport between facilities within the UW Health system of care including clerical duties associated with the transport process.

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Support co-workers and engage in positive interactions.

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Communicate professionally and timely with internal and external customers.

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Demonstrate friendliness by smiling and making eye contact when greeting all customers.

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Provide helpful assistance in anticipating and responding to the needs of our customers.

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Collaborate with customers in planning and decision making to result in optimal solutions.

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Ability to stay calm under pressure and deal effectively with difficult situations.

As needed, additional responsibilities reasonably within the scope of duties and physical requirements may be assigned.  ALL DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS MUST BE PERFORMED CONSISTENT WITH THE UW HEALTH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND RESPECT FOR PEOPLE COMMITTMENTS.

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Non-Clinical

JOB REQUIREMENTS

No minimum education

Required

High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred

Associate's Degree

in Healthcare related field

Preferred

1 year

of experience in a customer service related field

Required

6 months

of experience in an emergency room or critical care environment as: Receptionist, Nursing Assistant, Nurse, Paramedic, EMT, Fire Fighter, Police Officer, 911 Dispatcher, or experience in military service

Preferred

Emergency Medical Technician

Preferred

LICENSE, CERTIFICATIONS, AND REGISTRATIONS MUST BE MAINTAINED PER UW HEALTH POLICY. 

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Ability to master all of the responsibilities and decision-making skills required to function successfully in this role

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Demonstrated ability to problem-solve and work independently

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Maintains a high level of customer service

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Consistently maintains effective and cooperative working relationships with co-workers, supervisory, medical management staff and the general public

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Demonstrates service excellence and incorporates the mission and core values into daily activities

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The ability to interview patients and/or families to ensure accurate patient identification

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Very good written and oral communication skills

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Dependable and reliable in achieving the goals and objectives of the position

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Proven aptitude and willingness to learn new responsibilities

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Demonstrate the ability to operate office machines such as personal computers, fax machines, photocopier and document scanners

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Ability to determine emergent patient acuity upon arrival into the ED in the absence of a clinician (so that clinical staff is immediately alerted)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS

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Sedentary: Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.

Up to 10#

Negligible

Negligible

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Light: Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine that they can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.

up to 20#

Up to 10# or requires significant walking or standing or requires pushing/pulling of arm/leg controls.

Negligible or constant push/pull of items of negligible weight

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Medium: Medium work involves lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds. If someone can do medium work, we determine that they can also do sedentary and light work.

20-50#

10-25#

Negligible-10#

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Heavy: Heavy work involves lifting no more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds. If someone can do heavy work, we determine that they can also do medium, light, and sedentary work.

50-100#

25-50#

10-20#

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Very Heavy: Very heavy work involves lifting objects weighing more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing 50 pounds or more. If someone can do very heavy work, we determine that they can also do heavy, medium, light, and sedentary work.

Over 100#

Over 50#

Over 20#

Other - list any other physical requirements or bona fide occupational qualifications not indicated above:

Over 50 lbs.

UW Health does not require, nor does it expect that its employees lift more than 50 lbs unassisted. Objects in excess of 50 lbs should be lifted or moved with mechanical means or through a team lift. Employees in patient care areas are expected to utilize mechanical lifts and adhere to the "Use of Mechanical Lifts (Liko)" policy in the Patient Services Policy and Procedure Manual.

Note: The purpose of this document is to describe the general nature and level of work performed by personnel so classified; it is not intended to serve as an inclusive list of all responsibilities associated with this position.

THE EMPLOYEE MUST BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB WITH OR WITHOUT AN APPROVED ACCOMODATION. Note: The purpose of this document is to describe the general nature and level of work performed by personnel so classified; it is not intended to serve as an inclusive list of all responsibilities associated with this position.