Your experience matters
Centerpoint Health - Versailles Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Switchboard Operator on our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier® Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
Why join us
Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
What we’re looking for
The Switchboard Operator receives all incoming calls to the hospital. Does in-house paging, codes and dial-a-page system. Keeps Switchboard files updated with current room numbers, discharged patients, new admissions, etc. Maintains updated employee information for the disaster procedure files.
How you’ll contribute
A Switchboard Operatorwho excels in this role:
Receives incoming calls to house extensions or patient rooms.
Receives calls from in-house extensions.
Handles all emergency calls and pages.
Contacts appropriate personnel as situation warrants.
Handles all intercom paging and general information from in-house and outside calling parties.
Evening, night, weekend and holiday operators may be responsible for contacting on-call personnel as requested by the Nursing Supervisor.
Take and relay messages to on-call persons by paging, beeping or calling their home.
Keep all pertinent information on the bulletin board and disaster policies and procedures updated.
Stay abreast of any and all changes which apply to switchboard functions.
Qualifications & Requirements:
Education: High school diploma or equivalent required
Required Skills: Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Schedule: Part Time: Every Friday 8:00 AM -4:30 PM and other days as needed.
EEOC Statement
Centerpoint Health - Versailles Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Centerpoint Health - Versailles Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
Lifepoint Health is a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. Driven by a mission of making communities healthier®, the company has a growing diversified healthcare delivery network comprised of more than 50,000 dedicated employees, 60 community hospital campuses, more than 60 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and 250 additional sites of care, including managed acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. Through its innovation strategy, Lifepoint Forward, the company is developing meaningful solutions to enhance quality, increase access to care, and improve value across the Lifepoint footprint and communities across the country.
Provider opportunities: To learn more by visit, https://providercareers.lifepointhealth.net/
Career opportunities: To learn more by visit, https://jobs.lifepointhealth.net/
