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TELEPHONE OPERATOR
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What they do
A Switchboard or Telephone Operator works for a telephone company or system to operate telephone system equipment to route incoming calls, direct internal calls, or assist customers with placing calls. Assists with connecting long distance or collect calls, or provides customers with assistance in finding a phone number or an address. May also answer customer calls at a company or organization or work for an agency that handles and routes emergency calls.
$38,419 / year median in Ohio
-18% projected decline
Job Description
UPPER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER TELEPHONE OPERATOR 3PM TO 11
30PMWITH REQUIRED ROTATING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS PART TIME / 40 HOURS PER PAY PERIOD
The Telephone Operator provides a welcoming and positive first impression of Premier Health, processing incoming, outgoing, network and interfacility calls regarding hospital services, provides on-call information and processing, patient information, and directory assistance. The operator monitors and responds to critical alarms (fire, gas, bone freezer, Hill-Rom-Alert Notification (Code Blue), Weather Station). The operator communicates the emergency using the public broadcast system (PBX), wireless and/or Vocera messaging, enterprise on-call scheduling system, to ensure appropriate response teams or on-call physician(s) respond to the emergency in life/death situations. The operator monitors/documents a response team log and a log of each emergency for regulatory reporting (i.e. Code Red). The Telephone Operator processes pages via audio, wireless messaging, and/or radio equipment. The Atrium Medical Center (AMC) operator provides dispatch services, entering and processing facility work orders for Maintenance and patient clinical work orders for Clinical Engineering. The AMC operator communicates emergency work order requests as needed. #### Education ####Minimum Level of Education Required:
High School completion / GED #### Additional requirements:- #### Position specific testing requirement: typing test - 30 minimum words per minute #### #### Experience ####
Minimum Level of Experience Required:
1 - 3 years of job-related experience #### Preferred experience: Telephone operator or high call volume management #### Other experience requirements: Customer service #### #### Knowledge/Skills- #### Demonstrates good computer literacy with basic proven skills using Microsoft.
- #### Basic Office equipment skills and keyboard proficiency required - 35 words a minute
- #### Able to sit for long periods of time with limited mobility and wear a headset
- #### Excellent voice modulation and grammar.
- #### Demonstrates good organizational and multitasking skills.
- #### Good verbal and nonverbal skills.
- #### Ability to interact with all socioeconomic individuals.
- #### Flexible and able to work under stressful conditions
- #### Demonstrates critical thinking, problem solving, and good judgment.
- #### Demonstrates good time management skills.