This role represents Mayo Clinic as one of the first contact points a patient or visitor will encounter upon arriving to campus and serves as a critical team member in facilitating patient visits. The General Services Attendant demonstrates professionalism, effective communication and listening skills, empathy and ability to effectively interact with patients, visitors, family members and others who may present to Mayo Clinic. The General Services Attendant will establish and maintains a courteous, respectful, and helpful demeanor while assisting and engaging with patients, visitors, and other Mayo Clinic personnel. In addition to providing overall presence, the General Services Attendant will verify patient appointments, communicate with colleagues within the practice to gather appointment details, understand and enforce the institutional visitor policy, following designated screening script and process flows, enforce entrance utilization and related policies (ex: masking, badging), greet patients and visitors, and assist in navigation.
The General Services Attendant primarily works at patient designated buildings to ensure policy enforcement and to monitor patient and visitor flow within the building. Job responsibilities also include remaining calm and composed during stressful situations and effectively de-escalating conflict. This role may have view only access to the electronic health record to support verifying information. Incumbents will assist with wheelchair and stretcher transportation, providing directions, delivering specimens, and making special pick-ups and deliveries for internal departments and off-site facilities. Incumbents may drive Mayo Clinic vehicles to make courier runs to the Hospital, off-site Regional Practices, and Records warehouse and provide shuttle transportation for Mayo employees between the Hospital, Clinic, and Regional Practices. This position will be required to work varied hours, which may include days, evenings, days/evenings, holidays and weekend with rotating days off.
A high school diploma/GED required. Minimum of one year of previous experience either through paid or educational experiences demonstrating customer service, teamwork, critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills and abilities required. Valid driver's license and an acceptable motor vehicle record.
Evidence of conflict management and resolution skills.
Evidence of problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills and abilities.
This vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship/we will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position. Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.
Mayo Clinic has expanded and changed in many ways, but our values remain true to the vision of our founders. Our primary value – The needs of the patient come first – guides our plans and decisions as we create the future of health care. Join us and you'll find a culture of teamwork, professionalism and mutual respect, and most importantly, a life-changing career.
Mayo Clinic was founded in Rochester, Minnesota by brothers Dr. William James Mayo and Dr. Charles Horace Mayo. More than 100 years later, their vision continues to evolve around a single guiding value: "The needs of the patient come first." Today we are the largest integrated, not for-profit medical group practice in the world.
We are recognized for high-quality patient care more than any other academic medical center in the nation. These endorsements are very gratifying, but also humbling. They remind us of the tradition that has been entrusted to each one of us, and the legacy of excellence that we uphold every day.
