Communication Operator
Under direct supervision, receives incoming calls, initials emergency call notification, pages medical center personnel on request, and maintains various records, as required.
Essential Responsibilities :
- Following established policies and procedures, establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients and other personnel.
- Promotes, ensures, and improves customer services to internal / external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.
- Receives and routes incoming calls to appropriate stations.
- Pages medical center personnel.
- Responds to callers inquiries concerning patient condition and other requests for information.
- Announces appropriate and urgent messages. Serves as central communications point for all in-house emergencies (i.e., Code Red and Code Blue). Documents events in logs or in on-line database.
- Performs various clerical duties such as listings of on-call personnel and listing of beeper personnel; distribution of brochures and mailings.
- Records and processes requests for telephone equipment repair. Reports equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Supervisory Responsibilities : This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Basic Qualifications :
Minimum one (1) year of multi-line telephone experience.Per the National Agreement, current KP Coalition employees have this experience requirement waived.Education :
High School Diploma / GED.License, Certification, Registration :
N / AAdditional Requirements :
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write basic correspondence.Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group arrangements to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.Must pass typing test of 25WPM.