Switchboard Operator (32 hours/week)

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine is seeking a dedicated Switchboard Operator to facilitate communication and provide quality service in a vibrant healthcare environment. Candidates must demonstrate strong customer service skills and a commitment to excellence in patient care. This full-time position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative team at a leading academic medical center.

Benefits

Comprehensive compensation and benefits program

Prepaid tuition assistance programs

Qualifications

• Previous customer service experience.
• One to two years of computer experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent GED.

Responsibilities

• Runs the telephone system console to facilitate communication.
• Activates proper procedure for all alarms and emergencies.
• Responds to and appropriately routes all incoming calls.

Skills

Customer Service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent GED

Tools

Computer

Job description

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Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Summary:

• Position Summary: The Switchboard Operator runs the telephone system console to facilitate communication. Promotes a positive image of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health and provides quality service to all customers. Responds to all emergency calls expeditiously and in a calm and courteous manner. Provides requested information to callers. Monitors and reports all alarms and communicates operational issues to appropriate departments and personnel in a timely, professional and accurate manner.
• Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:
• Responds to and appropriately routes all incoming calls, per switchboard departmental guidelines.
• Activates proper procedure for all alarms, codes, conditions and emergencies, and notifies appropriate personnel per departmental guidelines.
• Deciphers requests and provides requested information to all internal external callers, collecting appropriate information and asking appropriate questions to correctly respond to the inquiry, or connect to the designated person to further handle the need.
• Pages on-call personnel and physicians as requested. Distributes new departmental pagers.
• Compiles LGH departmental on-call schedules and disseminates the 24-hour coverage to appropriate areas.
• Interviews customer to collect and document accurate and comprehensive information required for answering service calls and requests per departmental procedures. Opens an EPIC telephone encounter as needed.
• Establishes and maintains proficiency in EPIC for the purposes of opening encounters, patient look up, non-clinical chart review and appointment cancelations and rescheduling.
• Maintains and updates directory listings, including phone, fax, pager numbers and any other pertinent information in the online directory.
• Assists physicians and hospital personnel in placing of long-distance calls.
• Adapts to learning new skills in an ever-changing environment, including but not limited to procedural, staffing, and or technology changes.
• Handles all pertinent medical practice answering service duties, including making sure providers are contacted in appropriate timeframes, for appropriate reasons and as set by guidelines.
• The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:
• Develops updated list of telephone numbers for executive staff, doctors, departmental personnel for emergencies or problem resolutions. Also, maintains a current list of all extensions, other hospitals and frequently called numbers.
• Trains and orients new employees for switchboard operator duties.
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Minimum Required Qualifications:
• Previous customer service experience.
• One 1 to two 2 years computer experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent GED .
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• One 1 year of switchboard experience.
• Customer service experience in a healthcare environment.
  
  

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Wellness and Fitness Services, Hospitals and Health Care, and Medical Practices

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