Police Dispatcher

Baylor Scott & White Health

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Dallas, Texas

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Dispatcher handles emergency and non-emergency calls, prioritizing and dispatching Police and Security Officers. They are responsible for monitoring alarms, CCTV, and law enforcement communications to ensure campus safety.

Qualifications

You have excellent verbal and typing skills to manage emergency and non-emergency calls for Police and Security Officers. You are technologically proficient with complex telecommunications, alarm, and computer systems, and can remain calm and focused during critical incidents.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Telecommunicator Operator (TCO)

Job Description

About Us

Here at Baylor Scott & White Health we promote the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. Baylor Scott and White is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas that empowers you to live well.

Our Core Values are:

  • We serve faithfully by doing what's right with a joyful heart.
  • We never settle by constantly striving for better.
  • We are in it together by supporting one another and those we serve.
  • We make an impact by taking initiative and delivering exceptional experience.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to help you live well no matter where you are on your journey. For full details on coverage and eligibility, visit the Baylor Scott & White Benefits Hub to explore our offerings, which may include:

  • Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
  • 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • PTO accrual beginning Day 1

Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level.

Job Summary

The Dispatcher shows critical and organizational skills to handle emergency and non-emergency calls. Utilizes effective verbal and typing skills to maintain operations and respond to Police and security situations. Exhibits technological proficiency to use complex telecommunications, alarms, and computer systems.

Essential Functions of the Role

  • Answers, evaluates, prioritizes, and dispatches emergency and non-emergency calls for assistance to Police and Security Officers.
  • Monitors and processes calls from large number of incoming telephone lines, intercom lines, emergency call boxes and alarms.
  • Monitors law enforcement computer communications, severe weather, and critical incidents in Dallas/Fort Worth area that may impact campus safety.
  • Monitors complex system of alarms, computerized access control, and CCTV.
  • Must remain calm and focused during life and death incidents. This ensures Police, Security, and Medical response is appropriate and complete.

Key Success Factors

  • Public Safety Officer license preferred.

Belonging Statement

We believe that all people should feel welcomed, valued and supported.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • EDUCATION - H.S. Diploma/GED Equivalent
  • EXPERIENCE - Less than 1 Year of Experience
  • CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION -

 Cert Telecommunicator Oper (TOC): Cert Telecommunicator Oper required within 1 year of hire.

Baylor Scott & White Health

With us by your side, there's no stopping you. It's why we're creating a new kind of healthcare at Baylor Scott & White. And we're just getting started. As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform — MyBSWHealth. Through 52 hospitals and more than 1,300 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information visit: BSWHealth.com.
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