What are the responsibilities and job description for the FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST/SPEC position at UHS?
Receptionist / Phone Opperator / Visitor Services
Lighthouse Behavioral Health Hospital is located in Conway, South Carolina, just a few miles north of Myrtle Beach. For adults and seniors, we provide inpatient acute psychiatric care, 28-day substance abuse treatment and detoxification as well as dual diagnosis services. For adolescents, we provide acute psychiatric services.
Lighthouse is a JCAHO-accredited Hospital. Most major commercial insurances, Medicare and TRICARE® pay for Lighthouse acute care services. Medicaid is accepted for services provided to adolescents
Lighthouse Behavioral Health Hospital is looking for a Full time receptionsist to join our team.
this is a full time position with benefits.
Job Summary: Receives and relays incoming and outgoing telephone calls for the facility. Provides directory information, transfers calls as appropriate. Enters facility directory information into the computer database. Makes general and emergency announcements over the facility’s PA system. Handles the facility paging system and the beeper system.
Qualifications at Entry:
High school level reading and writing skill; basic arithmetic skills; skills in business English usage; excellent telephone etiquette and tact;; pleasant and audible speech, with good enunciation; ability to operate AT&T System 35 or 75 console, or similar; flexibility; ability to interact effectively with persons of widely diverse roles, backgrounds, cultures, and socio-economic classes, those in crises or resistant or negative toward organization; ability to remain seated at switchboard for long periods of time without significant discomfort or distress.
Qualifications
Regulatory Requirements:
- High School graduate or equivalent.
- One to three years experience as a switchboard operator preferred.
Language Skills:
- Ability to effectively communicate in English, both verbally and in writing.
- Additional languages preferred.
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services,
Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.
Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues
exceeding $11 billion in 2019. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most
Admired Companies by Fortune on the Fortune 500; and recognized in Forbes ranking of
America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has over
90,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 328 behavioral
health facilities, 42 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance
offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and
the United Kingdom.
Contact information: Lisa Rogers, Director of Clinical Services,
843-347-8871 lisa.rogers@uhsinc.com
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