Veterinary Hospital Receptionist
About the role
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Responsibilities
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Requirements
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. Now Essential Job Functions list: - Assume primary responsibility for answering the practice phone and routing calls appropriately. - Maintain hospital appointment calendar including scheduling appointments from callers or visitors and reviewing on-line bookings. - Greet all visitors to the practice; greet clients and patients by name as they arrive for appointments and notify technical staff when they arrive. - Monitor wait times and make accommodation as necessary during peak/busy times, or when medical staff is dealing with an emergency situation. - Participate in the training of new staff members and general dissemination of knowledge as required. - Ensure that the waiting area is consistently cleaned (including using special disinfectants in the case of the presence of suspected contagious disease) and well-stocked with appropriate materials. - Confirm all appointments by client’s preferred communication method (phone, email, text) the prior day, and make necessary adjustments. - Possess basic understanding of practice logistical specifics in order to provide backup support to technical staff when rooms need to be loaded or patients need to be discharged and primary staff members are otherwise occupied. Other Duties And Responsibilities: "Perform additional duties as assigned" Nature of Supervision: "In all activities related to the care and handling of patients and clients, the Hospital Concierge will take direct supervision from the Hospital Office Manager and Hospital Leader on Duty" Planning and Problem Solving: paragraph: "Like all team members, the Concierge plays a crucial role in ensuring that day-to-day operation of the hospital is efficient and provides an optimal experience for our patients, and clients. The Concierge has the primary responsibility of consistently ensuring that the hospital workflow is optimized, which may require rescheduling appointments as well as maintaining an open line of communication with clients who are present in the practice and may need to wait longer than expected due to unforeseen circumstances (emergencies, etc.). The Concierge must ensure that the scheduled appointment duration is situation-appropriate (i.e. consider number of pets, sick/vs. well, etc.). This role is unique in the hospital in that the Concierge will often be the first or last person dealing with upset or even potentially unhappy clients. This role requires an individual who is compassionate yet adaptable and flexible, and capable of not only doing what it takes to make the client’s and pet’s experience in our hospital optimal but also ensuring that the medical staff can focus on delivering excellent care. At times when these goals may seem to be at odds, it is the job of the Concierge to formulate strategies that accomplish both." Impact: "This position will impact the organization by contributing to the growth of productive practice while focusing on a high-quality standard of care. From an overall hospital organizational standpoint, this position is critical to ensuring that our client’s first and last impressions of our facility and staff are optimal." Supervisory Responsibility: "This position has no immediate supervisory duties." Education/Experience: list: - High school diploma is a requirement. - Must have at least 1 year's previous experience working in veterinary practice or a customer-facing role in another organization. - Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Must be compassionate and sympathetic and be able to maintain a professional attitude and demeanor during emotional and stressful situations. - Must have exceptional telephone and computer skills. - Must be a team player willing to learn new techniques and treatments, offer creative ideas, and accept change. - Preferred: Previous experience using a Practice Management System - Competencies: Completed by Total Rewards Department (this is placeholder, no specifics) - we should not include as it's not substantive. Work Environment: "Job duties are to be conducted in the Vetco Total Care full service veterinary hospital. This position may involve bending, kneeling, lifting (up to 30 pounds, as necessary) and standing for long periods of time. A large amount of this partner’s time will be spent in direct contact with clients and their pets." Contacts: "This position will regularly communicate with clients, veterinary specialists, and companies that provide products and/or services that the practice utilizes." Now we need to put all these into Responsibilities bullets. Let's combine. We'll create
- for each duty/responsibility.
List items:
- Assume primary responsibility for answering the practice phone and routing calls appropriately.
- Maintain hospital appointment calendar including scheduling appointments from callers or visitors and reviewing on-line bookings.
- Greet all visitors to the practice; greet clients and patients by name as they arrive for appointments and notify technical staff when they arrive.
- Monitor wait times and make accommodation as necessary during peak/busy times, or when medical staff is dealing with an emergency situation.
- Participate in the training of new staff members and general dissemination of knowledge as required.
- Ensure that the waiting area is consistently cleaned (including using special disinfectants in the case of the presence of suspected contagious disease) and well-stocked with appropriate materials.
- Confirm all appointments by client’s preferred communication method (phone, email, text) the prior day, and make necessary adjustments.
- Possess basic understanding of practice logistical specifics in order to provide backup support to technical staff when rooms need to be loaded or patients need to be discharged and primary staff members are otherwise occupied.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
- Take direct supervision from the Hospital Office Manager and Hospital Leader on Duty in all activities related to the care and handling of patients and clients.
- Ensure day-to-day operation of the hospital is efficient and provides an optimal experience for patients and clients; maintain hospital workflow optimization, which may require rescheduling appointments and maintaining open communication with clients who may need to wait longer due to unforeseen circumstances.
- Ensure scheduled appointment duration is situation-appropriate (consider number of pets, sick vs. well).
- Often be the first or last person dealing with upset or potentially unhappy clients; be compassionate, adaptable, flexible, capable of making client and pet experience optimal while allowing medical staff to focus on delivering excellent care; formulate strategies to balance these goals when they appear at odds.
- Contribute to the growth of productive practice while focusing on a high-quality standard of care; ensure client’s first and last impressions of the facility and staff are optimal.
- Have no immediate supervisory duties.
- Work in the Vetco Total Care full-service veterinary hospital; may involve bending, kneeling, lifting (up to 30 pounds) and standing for long periods; spend large amount of time in direct contact with clients and their pets.
- Regularly communicate with clients, veterinary specialists, and companies that provide products and/or services that the practice utilizes.
That covers all.
Now Requirements bullets:
- High school diploma is a requirement.
- At least 1 year's previous experience working in veterinary practice or a customer-facing role in another organization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Compassionate and sympathetic; able to maintain a professional attitude and demeanor during emotional and stressful situations.
- Exceptional telephone and computer skills.
- Team player willing to learn new techniques and treatments, offer creative ideas, and accept change.
- Preferred: Previous experience using a Practice Management System.
We could also include "Competencies: Completed by Total Rewards Department" but it's placeholder; we should not include.
Now About the role paragraph: we need to include the Position Purpose text exactly.
Let's craft HTML.
We must not include any extra text outside HTML fragment.
Thus:
About the role
The purpose of this position inherently involves providing excellent customer care to our Petco full-service Vetco Total Care hospital clients. The Concierge represents the mission and values to all customers and is typically the first and last person a client encounters when entering our hospital. The Concierge is responsible, like all team members, for fostering cohesion and motivation within the practice. All hospital partners are responsible for performing duties in a way that creates an