Receptionist Part Time

Kindred Hospital Las Vegas - Sahara; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 22,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Kindred Hospital Las Vegas - Sahara is a 52-bed long-term acute care facility offering continuous 24-hour clinical care with a focus on extended recovery. The position involves operating the telephone switchboard, greeting visitors, and directing callers to the correct departments in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Responsibilities include potential contact with families for admission paperwork, assisting with charge entry, and adhering to charge control guidelines to ensure accurate and

Qualifications

• Must read, write and speak fluent English.
• Must have good and regular attendance.

Responsibilities

• Operates telephone switchboard and relays incoming, outgoing and interoffice calls.
• Greet visitors and direct to appropriate departments.
• Contact families to sign admission paperwork timely when required.
• Assist with charge entry and charge control to ensure accurate capture and reconciliation of charges.
• Pages code blue, fire alerts, stat calls and emergency calls per protocol.

Skills

Fluent English

Regular attendance

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Description

Kindred Hospital Las Vegas - Sahara is a 52-bed long-term acute care hospital offering the same in-depth care you would receive in a traditional hospital, but for an extended recovery period. We partner with your physician and offer 24-hour clinical care seven days a week so you can start your journey to wellness. For those who need special medical attention, we offer an Outpatient Wound Care Clinic. We are conveniently located a short distance from shops and restaurants, and are less than 3 miles west of I-15.

Job Summary

Operates telephone switchboard to relay incoming, outgoing and interoffice calls. Greets and receive visitors and directs as appropriate. May be responsible for contacting and meeting with families to sign admission paperwork timely. When requested performs charge entry and charge control guidelines to facilitate accurate and timely capture, control, and reconciliation of all charges.

Essential Functions

• Courteously answers, routes and screens outside calls to the proper department or extension number. Transfers calls, takes accurate messages and/or holds calls when necessary.
• Answers and screens in-house calls, and takes phone messages for doctors and personnel, requests for pages and to complete calls for patients who may need assistance.
• Greets visitors, vendors, physicians and identifies self and briefly explains hospital policies (parking/visitation) if called upon; directs to proper location as needed.
• Pages code blue, fire alerts, stat calls, emergency calls per protocol.
• Maintains an acute list of departments and extension numbers as well as phone numbers of hospitals in the area.
• Maintains an alphabetical and numerical log of patient’s names, room numbers and telephone extensions in order to expedite the relaying of calls.
• Notifies clinical leadership of emergency patients entering the hospital.
• Receives disaster information, notifies proper personnel and departments. Signals all clear when appropriate.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Expectations

• Approximate percent of time required to travel: 0%
• Must read, write and speak fluent English.
• Must have good and regular attendance.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Pay range: $16.26 -$24.39/Hr

ScionHealth has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit-eligible employees that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or Equivalent including education equivalent to completion of secondary school or demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the role. (Preferred)

Licenses/Certifications

• None required

Experience

• On the job or equivalent training/experience in a healthcare setting.