RECEPTIONIST

Responsibilities

This key position is responsible for greeting all visitors as well as answering all incoming phone calls in a timely and courteous manner including all overhead paging using the hospital intercom system. This position is also responsible for scheduling all meeting rooms in the hospital and various other clerical duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education

Years of Related Experience

Minimum Preferred

Minimum Preferred

High School Graduate/Equivalent X

0 – 1

Professional Certification

1 – 3 X

Required Knowledge, Skills, Licensure, Training & Travel Requirements (if applicable):

The position requires a minimum of a high school education. Previous experience with a multi-line telephone system is required. Ability to read and interpret basic financial reports and legal documents. Has the verbal ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measures, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Has the ability to compute percent. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be able to visualize clients and visitors and able to visually assess the any safety issues. Also, they would have to be able to audibly hear clients and individuals so they can assess and interpret their responses to inquiry calls and they able to orally communicate to parties over the telephone, paging system and in person. The employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time, have manual dexterity to utilize the keyboard, forms and switchboard console. Also must be able to handle packages received for patients, and for the facility. Employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. They must be able to deal with and work in a stressful environment and be able to multi-task their duties.

Qualifications

About Universal Health Services Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.