Receptionist

*Empire Spanish Meadows- Nursing home & Assisted living*

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To learn more about our facility, please visit us at: http://www.spanish-meadows-brownsville.com

Position Summary:

We are looking for a compassionate, customer servicer driven receptionist to join our team at Spanish Meadows! The ideal candidate will be very welcoming in answering phones and help guests as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Answers incoming telephone calls in a cheerful and marketing oriented way, determines purpose of callers, and forwards calls to appropriate personnel or department.
• Retrieves messages from voice mail and forwards to appropriate personnel.
• Takes and delivers messages or transfers calls to voice mail when appropriate personnel are unavailable.
• Answers general questions about the community and provides callers with address, directions, and other information and refers other specific questions to appropriate staff.
• Welcomes on-site visitors, determines nature of business, and announces visitors to appropriate personnel.
• Coordinates guestroom reservations.
• Maintains current list of residents who are hospitalized.
• Updates appointment calendars, including transportation and beauty calendars, as directed.
• Receives, sorts, and routes mail, and maintains and routes publications.
• Distributes written communication, accepts and signs for deliveries (mail, prescriptions, etc.).
• Maintains copy and fax machines, assists users, sends faxes, and retrieves and routes incoming faxes.
• Creates and prints fax cover sheets, memos, correspondence, reports, and other documents when necessary.
• Performs other clerical duties as needed, such as filing, photocopying, and collating.
• Orders, receives, and maintains office supplies.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Basic First Aid and CPR certification
• Able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Able to write simple correspondence. Able to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Able to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Able to operate: telephone, emergency call system, monitoring board or beeper, photocopier. Able to work various schedules and shifts as needed.
• Bilingual is highly encouraged
• Computer literate

Shift:

• PRN

Benefits:

• Healthcare Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• 401K
• * We’re always looking for exceptional professionals to join our team! If you're looking to make a career change and work in a collaborative/supportive environment, we encourage you to apply! *

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• receptionist: 1 year (Preferred)
• nursing home: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person