- Answers telephones and greets patients and visitors in a professional manner.
- Answers incoming calls, transfers calls to the appropriate person or department, and as necessary, assists in placing outgoing calls. Locates admitted patients in the computer system and provides visitors pass and or room information.
- Provides emergency room patients' visitors with ED visitor passes.
- Escorts visitors to Emergency Room as needed.
- Contact inpatient floors for approval prior to issuing visitor's passes during non-visiting hours.
- Communicates appropriately with visitors for any protected, high profile or "opt-out" patients, including referring to security for clearance passes.
- Utilizes EPIC and Employee Paging Directory to access necessary patient information so as to correctly direct outpatients and visitors.
- Requests Uber Ride for discharged patient, Cancer Care Center and Providing Health Centers
- Maintains patient confidentiality in accordance with hospital HIPPA policy.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills to perform all functions of all information desk and telephone system and periodically rotates desk and telephone assignment.
- Responds to requests for direct dial numbers, department numbers, physician on-call status and department functions utilizing an automated system.
- Rotates various desk as needed.
- Handles special and priority calls such as medical emergency, code alerts and a variety of emergency and time sensitive calls from the general public, patients, medical personnel and other Boston Medical Center clients.
- Follows prescribed procedures and using page/alert systems, notifies appropriate personnel in cases of medical emergencies, cardiac arrests, drills, disasters, or other contingencies.
- Inform Manager of service effecting problems.
- Assists in the training and orientation of Guest Support Services.
- Assists in providing lunch coverage for colleagues assigned.
- Cleans and organizes work area and reports any safety concerns or equipment malfunctions to supervisor.
- Notifies supervisor of supply shortage on a regular basis.
- Provides positive and effective customer service that supports departmental and hospital operations.
- Performs patient information/reception duties. Provides information to the general public, patients, patient families and hospital staff in a pleasant and professional manner.
- Utilizes hospital's Values as the basis for decision making and to facilitate the division's hospital mission.
- Follows established hospital infection control and safety procedures.
- Work requires the analytical skills to gather and interpret data and to follow established procedures.
- Work requires the ability to exchange information on factual matters, schedules, appointments, greet visitors, explain hospital policies or relay messages to appropriate personnel. This type of interaction requires courtesy and tact when dealing with patients, visitors or hospital employees.
- Work requires regular sitting.
- Work requires ability to check documents for accuracy.
- Work requires regularly inputting/retrieving data from computer systems.
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Guest Support Services - Boston, United States - Boston Medical Center
Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Under direct supervision of the Telecommunications/Operator Services Manager, operates the hospital's telephone paging, alert and contingency recall systems. Provides patient, services and staff related information to the general public, patients, hospital staff and maintains on-call/rotation schedule for clinical staff.
Provides visitor passes at the Information desks and assist with escorting visitors in the Emergency Room and Mother Baby Unit. Requests Uber Rides for BMC patients.
Position: Guest Support Services
Department: Guest Support Services
Schedule: 24Hrs Every Saturday and Sunday 7am-7pm, Rotating Holidays
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
OTHER DUTIES:
Performs other duties as needed
JOB REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION
High School level of education is preferred
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
None
EXPERIENCE:
Six to twelve months of previous experience with telecommunications equipment, on-line databases and paging systems.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Work requires, covering Information desk and escorting visitors.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans