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Penn Medicine
Telephone Operator- Every Other Weekend Days
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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.
$38,764 / year median in Pennsylvania
-16% projected decline
Job Description
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? General Summary Statement The Telephone Operator is responsible for processing all incoming calls from patients, visitors, clinical administrative and support staff and the general public. The Operator operates the paging systems for authorized personnel over a public address system, emergency voice pagers and display priority pagers. Operator processes emergency procedures, monitoring multiple alarms, utilizes and updates an electronic directory database, web site, and other reference material for effective distribution of information and calls. The Operator assists all callers in a polite, articulate, professional, and clear manner. Ability to search phonetically in a database is required. Responsibilities and tasks can be repetitive and persistent, but must be supported in a courteous manner through the duration of a full shift. Operator must be able to accurately process a high rate of telephone calls over an extended period of time. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Handles busy communications center while providing excellent customer service. Accountable for handling all in-patient information calls. Arranges for in-patient registry as necessary for accuracy. Monitors and responds to codes and alarms immediately and determines the appropriate action. Operates the Intellidesk system, incorporating paging, message retrieval, physician registry and overhead paging. Makes changes to on-call schedules as needed. Responsible for distribution of new/spare/long range pagers, patient room telephones, TTY (Hearing impaired) equipment, batteries, and books on tape for the visually impaired. Accurately and legibly records all pertinent information in the log book and incident book and inform any relieving operator of abnormal or unusual circumstances verbally. Follow standard change-of-shift protocol and documentation. Uses good judgment, prioritizes work orders, and notify the "appropriate" supervisor of any unusual circumstances. Clearly mark all packages, envelopes, newspapers, etc., so that others can determine what action to take. Report all equipment malfunctions immediately or corrects as directed by department policy. Keep the department neat and clean. Adhere to department and CCH standards in all areas including confidentiality and security Required to attend quarterly staff meetings. Train new employees and contribute feed back to the Director or Lead Operator Education Training and Experience/Skills
- High school graduate or GED preferred but not required
- Computer and Keyboarding skills required
- A minimum of two years previous customer service experience required Multiple phone line experience preferred.