Sentara Healthcare
Communications Assistant IIPosted
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Job Description
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City/State
Norfolk, VA
Overview
Work Shift
First (Days) (United States of America)
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is currently hiring a Communications Assistant II.
This is a full-time day shift position located in Norfolk Virginia.
Job Overview
Sentara Communication Assistants play a critical role within the organization facilitating all emergent and non-emergent communication both externally and internally. Our Centralized Hospital Communications Center is responsible for all Sentara Hospitals and free-standing emergency departments. (Currently 12 hospitals and 4 FSEDs). Emergency Call facilitation will include but is not limited to receiving, activating, and tracking complex emergency alerts such as Security, Facility and Medical Alerts. When processing emergency alerts, in addition to making overhead announcements, you will activate paging groups, contact on-call providers and teams, coordinate and track responses from physicians, specialized nursing teams, air and ground transport, and others. Some of our most serious emergencies will include activating the Sentara Emergency Notification system for mass notifications. Internal call facilitation will generally include utilizing complex on-call schedules with escalations and facilitating nurse to physician and physician to physician communication to include emergent consultations. Will assist with training new employees when needed and additional duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
* 2 years of Call Center Experience Required
* 2 years of Customer Service Experience Required
* 1yr. EMS, 1-year Healthcare Experience Preferred
* Previous healthcare and high-volume multi-line phone office setting experience preferred.
* Understanding medical terminology is preferred.
Sentara Benefits
Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places to live. We're setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. For more information about our employee benefits, https://www.sentaracareers.com/explore-sentara/benefits/
Join our team, where we are committed to quality healthcare, improving health every day, and provide the opportunity for training, development, growth!
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Keywords: Communications, Call Center, Customer Service, Medical Terminology
Job Summary
Sentara Communication Assistants play a critical role within the organization facilitating all emergent and non-emergent communication both externally and internally. Our Centralized Hospital Communications Center is responsible for all Sentara Hospitals and free-standing emergency departments. (Currently 12 hospitals and 4 FSEDs). Emergency Call facilitation will include but is not limited to receiving, activating, and tracking complex emergency alerts such as Security, Facility and Medical Alerts. When processing emergency alerts, in addition to making overhead announcements, you will activate paging groups, contact on-call providers and teams, coordinate and track responses from physicians, specialized nursing teams, air and ground transport, and others. Some of our most serious emergencies will include activating the Sentara Emergency Notification system for mass notifications. Internal call facilitation will generally include utilizing complex on-call schedules with escalations and facilitating nurse to physician and physician to physician communication to include emergent consultations. Will assist with training new employees when needed and additional duties as assigned.
Previous healthcare and high-volume multi-line phone office setting experience preferred. Understanding medical terminology preferred.
Qualifications:
HS - High School Grad or Equivalent (Required)
Call Center, Customer Service, EMS, Healthcare
Skills
Attention to Detail, Communication, Critical Thinking, Microsoft Office
Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
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