Hospital Operator

Posted:
7/30/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Illinois, United States ⋅ Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Customer Success & Support

Position Highlights:

  • Position: Hospital Operator
  • Location: 800 W Central Road, Arlington Heights, IL
  • Part Time, 24 hours per week
  • Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sund from 3:00pm - 11:30pm

Reporting to the Director of Security Management provides front line customer support to Northwest Community Hospital, patients, doctors, and staff.  Answers and dispatches, both internal and incoming hospital service calls. Facilitates all emergency codes and maintains the paging database.

What you will do:

  • Quickly answers and accurately directs all incoming and internal telephone calls for Endeavor Northwest Community Healthcare locations.
  • Provides front line customer service to Northwest Community Hospital patients, families, doctors, and staff, regarding a variety of customer service issues, including customer inquiries and complaints.
  • Handles emergency code situations in accordance with hospital and departmental procedures; including overhead paging, radio alerts, and notifying the appropriate emergency service entity (Security, Fire Department, Police, etc.)
  • Answers miscellaneous patient questions including providing dialing instructions, directions to NCH entities, and telephone numbers.
  • Initiates backup procedures during telephone downtime; notifies appropriate service entity, NCH telecommunications support staff, and NCH staff on duty, according to NCH telecommunications procedures.
  • Maintains the paging system database; programs hospital staff pagers as needed.
  • Assists in the placing of local and long-distance calls for patients and hospital staff.
  • Adheres to all Endeavor Health and NCH Hospital standards, policies and procedures.

What you will need:

  • The interpersonal skills necessary to provide positive customer service.
  • The communications skills necessary to clearly and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, other associates and management of Northwest Community Healthcare.
  • Ability to handle difficult clients and situations in a professional and courteous manner.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved oral instructions with the ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
  • Basic problem solving skills; ability to deal with multiple problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • Basic computer and keyboard skills.
  • Willingness to work additional shifts as need to cover days off, vacations, etc., and provide shift coverage as needed.
  • Exposure to PC’s and Windows operating systems preferred.
  • Experience working in a medical setting preferred.

Education:

  • The level of knowledge usually obtained through the completion of four years of high school or the equivalent.

Benefits:

  • Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
  • Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Free Parking
  • Wellness Program Savings Plan
  • Health Savings Account Options
  • Retirement Options with Company Match
  • Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
  • Community Involvement Opportunities

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals – Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) – all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.  

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to “help everyone in our communities be their best”. 

Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.

Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

EOE: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor.