Receptionist

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Responsibilities: Greets and directs callers or visitors. Keep copier and fax stocked with paper. Daily mail distribution. Make and distribute patient birthday cards. Performs other duties as requested by the Hospital Administrator.

Qualifications: High school diploma required. Two years experience in the secretarial field. Excellent typing and word processing skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word required. Ability to interact effectively with the public. Must be a team player and possess a good attitude when working with others. Must have the ability to complete duties assigned in an efficient and timely manner. Ability to document accurately and professionally. Ability as a self-motivator and the aptitude to work in a high stress, fast-paced position with a minimal amount of supervision. Must have the ability to maintain a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner. Remains current in Crisis Prevention Intervention Training. Personal cell phones are not allowed. Must be physically capable to receive verbal and written directions. Must be physically capable of sitting and standing for several hours at a time. Must have good auditory, visual and olfactory ability. Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls. Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment. Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen, chart or other treatment items. Must be willing and able to work with all patients of Methodist Family Health. COVID-19 vaccination and Flu vaccination are mandatory and required for all positions (subject to qualified exemptions).

Other: The individual employed in this position may accept other reasonable assignments, which may be necessary, for efficient operation of assigned programs as there is time and opportunity. Job descriptions are not intended, nor should be construed, to be all-inclusive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary. When an employee performs two or more different jobs, for which different straight time hourly rates are established, the employee will be paid during overtime hours as a rate not less than one and one-half time the hourly rate established for the type of work, he or she is performing during the overtime hours. Level One - Full Access: Ongoing regular access to PHI of all forms while the employee is on duty and performing within the scope of his or her job as defined by the employee's job description, and Policy and Procedure. "Such access must be for cause, consistent with job responsibilities and related to patients, claims, audits, reviews and other legitimate business purposes." (e.g. Physicians, nurses and other clinicians).