Ambassador Hospital Concierge
Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System · West Chester, PA · 2 wk ago
Customer ServiceFull-time
General Summary
This position delivers a high quality and supportive welcome to all patients, visitors, and families. It involves greeting and responding to their needs, anticipating and addressing their concerns, and providing information and assistance in a timely manner.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Provide a welcome to every patient, family member, or visitor in accordance with training.
- Anticipate and respond to patient, visitor, hospital staff, and volunteers' concerns, expectations, or needs in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with patients, visitors, volunteers, and hospital staff to deliver a coordinated and seamless service to patients and visitors, including patient transportation.
- Escorts patient and visitors to their destination within the hospital.
- Directs visitors and patients to the parking shuttle.
- Assists immobile patients, visitors within the hospital safely and courteously using proper body mechanics.
- Assists patients, visitors, and hospital staff with parking and directions in the parking garage.
- Provides other services such as directing to parking valet or shuttle service, calling cabs, coordinating para-transit, and providing information regarding local restaurants, hotels, and public transportation services.
- Identifies, reports, and provides service recovery for customer service issues.
- Returns patient transportation equipment to the appropriate area.
- Ensures the environment is safe and clean.
- Uses proper telephone etiquette.
- Preserve the confidentiality, privacy, and dignity of patient, visitors, and hospital staff according to Hospital Policy.
- Maintains professional appearance which includes the wearing red blazer and appropriate attire.
Education, Training and Experience
- A High School Diploma or equivalent is preferred but not required.
- Customer service experience and excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.
- Must have basic computer skills and ability to use office equipment.
- Ability to speak, understand, read, and write English.
Special Physical Demands
- This position will require extensive periods of walking and standing.
- This position also requires the ability to push patients in a wheelchair.