Hospital Communications Specialist - Emergency Paging

Garnet Health Medical Center; Midway Park (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown is seeking a Switchboard Operator to join our Communications team. You will operate the hospital's telephone switchboard and paging systems and serve as the central link during emergencies, ensuring rapid and accurate communications across departments.

You should have a High school diploma or GED and at least six months of experience, with strong verbal skills and familiarity with paging and unified communications.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High school graduate or High school equivalency required.
• Minimum Experience: Minimum six months experience preferred. Maturity, alertness, and good judgment in emergencies is essential.
• Job requires good communication and telephone skills. Ability to use cell phones and long range pagers. Microsoft Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Operate telephone switchboard and paging systems.
• Serve as central communicating link in Hospital emergency situations.
• Monitor fire alarm systems and various alarms for vital Hospital equipment.
• Perform various clerical duties.

Skills

Telephone skills

Communication

Multi-tasking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown is seeking a Switchboard Operator to join our Communications team. You will operate the hospital's telephone switchboard and paging systems and serve as the central link during emergencies, ensuring rapid and accurate communications across departments.

You should have a High school diploma or GED and at least six months of experience, with strong verbal skills and familiarity with paging and unified communications.