Receptionist

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Receptionist Duties:

  • Develops and maintains a good working rapport with inter-department staff, and other departments within the facility.
  • Completes required reports, forms, etc., for the administrator as requested.
  • Maintains confidentiality for all resident, administrative, and corporate information.
  • Affords assistance to the business office and staff.
  • Affirms the cleanliness and safety of the administrative offices and ensures that equipment and supplies are also maintained.

• Unit Clerk Duties:

  • Fills and delivers routine and emergency requisitions from nursing and other departments for supplies and equipment in accordance with established policies and procedures.
  • Receives incoming shipments and checks incoming merchandise against packing slips and purchase orders in accordance with policies and procedures.
  • Organizes the storage of supplies and equipment inventory in a safe, clean, and orderly manner to ensure efficient handling and to prevent deterioration and in accordance with policies and procedures.
  • Picks up and delivers mail and performs messenger service for facility as directed.
  • Follows all safety procedures when handling supplies and equipment.
  • Ensures all purchase orders are properly prepared, signed, and submitted as required in policies and procedures.
  • Ensures that work areas are clean and free of hazards.
  • Ensures defective equipment is identified for repair in accordance with policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• High school degree or equivalent with business curriculum required.

• Typing, filing, correspondence composition and computer skills required.

• Must possess strong organizational skills.

• Must possess the ability to handle a variety of assignments, some of moderate complexity and requiring considerable familiarity with the operating details of the facility.

• Must possess the ability to interpret and apply departmental procedures.

• Must have strong, positive interpersonal skills.

• Must demonstrate discretion in handling of confidential information.

• Must have a sense of accountability and responsibility.

• Must possess the ability to form independent decisions in absence of supervisor.