Information Desk Greeter

Brown Medicine; Providence (RI); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Brown University Health seeks a courteous Front Desk Associate to greet visitors, assist patients, and route calls within The Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI. You will help with directions, parkingや patient room information, and ensure privacy in the patient directory, while supporting parcel pickup and lobby operations.

The role requires a High School diploma, basic computer skills, and 3–4 months of related experience; bilingual abilities are preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Basic keyboard/data entry skills.
• Exceptional customer service with ability to multitask.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Three to four months related experience.

Responsabilités

• Greet and assist patients, visitors, and staff, directing them to correct locations.
• Answer and transfer calls, provide directions, and manage directions for parking and facilities.
• Print personalized labels and verify patient room numbers and directory restrictions.
• Accept packages, monitor parcel pickup, and notify relevant departments of deliveries.
• Maintain lobby awareness and assist in maintaining department equipment and supplies.
• Attend staff meetings and trainings as required.

Connaissances

Customer service

Multitasking

Empathy

Professionalism

Formation

High School diploma

Description du poste

SUMMARY: Under general supervision of the Manager of Volunteer and Customer Services, and within hospital and department policies and procedures, greets, assists, and directs visitors, patients, and other callers/visitors to the hospital. 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. Proactively greets and assists all patients, visitors and vendors in a warm and welcoming manner, ensuring exceptional customer service. Conducts approved screening process with all, and assists and directs to various locations in the hospital and/or building; calls for an escort when necessary. Uses technology to print out personalized patient/visitor labels and ensures all coming into the hospital have the appropriate badge. Acts as a liaison between patients, visitors and guests and any hospital department. Answers telephone and uses appropriate telephone techniques and proper identification. Responsible for transferring calls to patient room, nursing stations or finding appropriate department. 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. Operates computer terminal to retrieve patient room numbers/extensions, admissions, and discharges. Protects patient privacy for those who choose to be “restricted” from the patient directory. Accept packages from staff, physicians, etc. for pick up by internal/external customers; monitor the signing process on the Parcel Pickup Log; call the internal department to notify them of the delivery; require a signature when the parcel is picked up. Verify the patient room numbers for floral delivery. Maintain awareness and oversight for activity in the main lobby. Preserves and protects confidentiality of information. 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: BASIC KNOWLEDGE: High School diploma or equivalent. Basic knowledge of computer keyboard. The position needs to have exceptional customer service skills, as well as the ability to multitask and deal with the public. The person should be kind, empathetic, professional, responsible and willing to learn. Bilingual preferred. EXPERIENCE: Demonstrated ability to interact with patients, visitors, and all levels of hospital staff. Demonstrated interpersonal skills including empathy, compassion, warmth and kindness. Three to four months of related experience including on-the-job training to become familiar with the hospital campus, department services and procedures specific to areas served. WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Requires standing, bending and sitting. Sufficient visual acuity and manual dexterity to use computer keyboard and other common office equipment. While most duties are performed in an office environment, incumbent is exposed to patient-care environment. Any risk of exposure to contagious or noxious elements is minimized by adherence to safety procedures and protocols. 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. SUPERVASORY RESPONSIBILITY: None.

Pay Range:

$18.00-$25.82

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:

The Miriam Hospital - 164 Summit Ave Providence, Rhode Island 02906

Work Type:

8:00-5:00

Work Shift:

Day

Daily Hours:** **

8 hours

Driving Required:

No