Guest Services Attendant

NPT Newport Hospital; Newport (RI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health's Newport Hospital is seeking a Guest Service Attendant to greet patients and visitors, guide them through the facility, and support day-to-day operations with warmth and professionalism.

You will assist with wayfinding, transport, and information while upholding privacy and confidentiality across a dynamic hospital environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Hospitality-related degree or certificate preferred.
• Basic computer skills, including word processing.
• Excellent customer service and people skills.
• Minimum of 1 year of customer service experience.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients, visitors, and guests warmly and make them feel welcome.
• Provide wayfinding and transport per guidelines.
• Act as liaison between patients, visitors and hospital departments.
• Anticipate guests' needs to provide an exceptional experience.
• Screen all visitors and patients per approved process and follow COVID etiquette.
• Maintain lobby PPE inventory and stock as needed.
• Ensure adherence to hospital visitor policy and communicate clearly.
• Cross-train in badging system as backup to security personnel.
• Utilize interpreter services when needed.
• Ensure main lobby spaces are clean and tidy.
• Answer phones and provide accurate room numbers and visiting hours.
• Provide directions to parking, restrooms, departments, and wheelchair assistance.
• Handle patient belongings and deliveries with care.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Hospitality knowledge

Computer literacy

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Hospitality-related certificate/degree preferred

Tools

Word processing

Computer terminal

Job description

SUMMARY: Under general supervision of the Director, Patient Experience, and within hospital and department policies and procedures, the guest service attendant acts as the first point of contact between patient, visitors, guests, and the hospital. Provides an extraordinary patient experience where all feel welcomed, valued and respected. Has the ability to listen well and anticipate patient’s, visitor’s and guest’s needs and provides wonderful customer service (answering questions, providing accurate information and assisting in wayfinding and transport). Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains established department policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, and environmental control.
• Greet patients, visitors, and guests warmly and make them feel welcome and attended.
• Provides wayfinding and transport as needed and according to department guidelines.
• Acts as a liaison between patients, visitors and guests and any hospital department.
• Anticipate guest’s needs to accommodate them and provide an exceptional guest experience
• Screens all visitors and patients using approved screening process and ensures all follow COVID etiquette.
• Maintains main entrance PPE inventory and order stock as needed.
• Ensures adherence to hospital visitor policy and communicates clearly and respectfully to all guests.
• Cross-trained in patient and visitor badging system as a backup to security personnel.
• Utilizes interpreter services or interpreter on wheels when needed.
• Together with environmental services, ensures that main lobby spaces are always clean and tidy.
• Monitors and controls traffic in main lobby in conjunction with security personnel.
• Answers telephone and uses appropriate telephone techniques and proper identification.
• Responds to telephone inquiries regarding patient room numbers, visiting hours and other limited patient information.
• Notifies appropriate personnel of arrival of visitors and follows hospital visitor guidelines.
• Provides clear directions and assistance to patients and visitors, including directions for parking, wheelchair assistance, and locations of telephones, rest rooms, and hospital departments.
• Provides room numbers of patients.
• Manages all patient belongings, food, and flowers brought in by families and ensures they are delivered promptly to the correct destination.
• Preserves and protects confidentiality of information.
• Operates computer terminal to retrieve patient room numbers/extensions, admissions, discharges and religious affiliation.
• Protects patient privacy for those who choose to be “restricted” from the patient directory.
• Provides approved clergy representatives from area parishes/synagogues with information on parishioners, who are patients.
• Distributes and logs specialized keys (i.e.: gift shop, rolling library, etc.) to designated volunteers.
• Ensures that vendors sign‑in and out at the vendor registration terminal.
• Oversees the delivery of newspapers to departments, patient rooms and waiting areas.
• Provides support to customers using Café 1873 by assisting with credit card purchases, ensuring space is well stocked and clean, and calling vending company when service is needed on equipment.
• Attends in-service and educational programs.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings.
• Assists in care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.
• Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• A degree or certificate in a hospitality‑related field is preferred.
• Basic computer skills, including word processing, required.
• Excellent customer service and people skills required.
• Minimum of 1-year of customer service experience required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Must and be able to sit for 3-7 hours a day and stand or walk for 1-3 hours a day. Must be able to lift 10-35lbs with good body mechanics and be able to bend infrequently. Must be able to use both hands and perform work with moderate deviation from neutral wrist position; including moderate hand / wrist repetitions; able to perform work with frequent fine motor skills. Near and far vision must be accurate with moderate color discrimination and accurate depth perception. Must be able to hear a whisper at 3ft.

INDEPENDENT ACTION

Incumbent functions independently within broad scope of department policies and practices. Generally, refers specific problems to supervisor, only where clarification of departmental policies and procedures may be required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None.

PAY RANGE

Pay Range: $18.00-$25.82

EEO STATEMENT

EEO Statement: Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

LOCATION

Location: Newport Hospital - 11 Friendship Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840

WORK TYPE

Work Type: M-F Varied hours, rotating weekends and holidays

WORK SHIFT

Work Shift: Day Daily Hours: 8 hours

DRIVING REQUIRED

Driving Required: No

ABOUT

As Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, Brown University Health is the state's premier provider of health services and includes the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Today, more than 20,000 people work at Brown University Health and bring their unique skills, experiences, and compassion to their jobs every day. Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi‑specialty practice in Rhode Island. Brown University Health is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives - we are actively committed to a diverse workforce that represents the patients and community that we serve. We are invested in creating a respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports the holistic well-being of our employees and their families. Join us and help build a healthier future for our patients - and for yourself.

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