Childrens hospital Jobs in Cincinnati, OH

At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.

• Shifts As Needed"
• The Telecommunications Operator expedites telephone, radio, pager and public address communications throughout the Hospital, including emergency announcements and notifications in accordance with the Emergency Preparedness Manual. Responsibilities include contacting on-call teams; administrative, medical personnel, surgery, anesthesia, cardiac, emergency / disaster, etc.
• Functions as a full time Operator; responds, prioritizes and navigates all internal and external calls in a prompt courteous manner including patient information and transferring to patient rooms.Coordinates language and sign language interpretation requests by callers.Must possess ability to trouble shoot and resolve caller problems and specific requests in a timely manner.Maintains pagers, (site specific).Utilizes paging system, two way radio and portable phones as needed.When requested, contacts On Call Teams / Personnel and documents according to site specific protocol.Monitors and responds appropriately to alarms, i.e. Security / Panic, Maintenance, Elevator, Weather Radio, Responder 5 and Emergency phone line notifications.Responds accordingly to Emergency codes and site specific policies.Records all shift occurrences and fulfills documentation requirements per site policies / protocol.May also organize and update the hospital directory; track employee pager assignments; assist managers in ordering departmental language phones; order all office supplies; attend hospital staff meetings as needed
• Coordinates calls for "On call Teams"Documents calls including name and time of call, tracks and follows outcome of each request.Notifies appropriate personnel of response status.
• Monitors and responds to alarm, security systems.Identifies alert situation, emergency / disaster codes, medical gases, severe weather, elevator malfunction, and security systems; notifies appropriate response personnel.Documents type of alert and call / response details.
• Determines need for outside operator assistance and connects all callers as appropriate.Responds to, prioritizes and dispatches all calls forwarded from the information desk during its non-staffed hours.Coordinates all language line requests; documenting calls including location and time of call.Connects callers with language line personnel.

Required Minimum Education :

High School Diploma

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred : Prior telecommunications, medical terminology, hospital of medical office experience.

Many of our opportunities reward

Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans

Prescription drug coverage

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance w / AD&D

Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible

Paid time off

Educational Assistance

And much more

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