Hospitality Desk Ambassador, Part-Time, Weekends

Hospitality Desk Ambassador, Part-Time, Weekends – (3315217)

Description

The Hospitality/Info Desk Ambassador will be responsible for the following duties, including but not limited to:

• Actively greets patients, family/visitors, and staff in a polite, professional, friendly, and welcoming manner.
• Communicates entrance policies which may include universal masking and visitor restrictions.
• Monitor and refill mask dispensers and hand sanitizing stations.
• Assists with patient and family/visitor inquiries and requests by actively listening and clearly responding. This includes, but is not limited to, providing information regarding hospital services and office locations, as well as clear and understandable directions.
• Responds to requests from patients requiring escort, wayfinding, or assistance, utilizing wheelchairs when appropriate.
• Ensures hospital lobbies and public areas are clean, safe, and uncluttered in accordance with all infection control standards.
• Works in collaboration with volunteers to ensure patients, family/visitors, and staff receive accurate, timely, and service-oriented assistance.
• Maintain a clean desk area, ensuring a neat and orderly appearance.
• Initiates emergency codes and participates in actual or mock emergency procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned within the scope of the Hospitality/Info Desk Ambassador role.
• EPIC knowledge or ability to become proficient in EPIC in order to locate patient’s appointment and provide clear and accurate directions.
• Answers telephone inquiries regarding general information, patient location or hospital policy and transfers telephone calls to appropriate destination with a warm hand off.
• Cross training in patient access areas, deployed to various posts within the department as needed.
• Connect with materials management to provide entrance locations with mask inventory.
• Must work well as part of a team and stay calm during stressful situations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED or minimum 5 years of relevant work experience required
• A minimum of 3-6 months experience in an office or health care setting preferred
• Requires interpersonal relationship skills to effectively communicate with patients, their families, physicians, and other support personnel.
• Moderate typing skills, computer experience, Microsoft Office package
• Requires good judgment, tact, sensitivity, and the ability to function in a stressful environment.
• Requires the ability to maintain confidentiality regarding patients, their medical histories, demographic information, etc.
• Requires the ability to strictly adhere to Customer Service Standards.

Adheres to hospital policies and procedures, including but not limited to:

• Attendance and punctuality, including the use of time keeping software before beginning work and at the end of day.
• Uniform requirements
• Holiday rotations if applicable.

EEO Statement BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives, and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

Primary Location

: MA-Boston-BWH Boston Main Campus

Work Locations

: 

BWH Boston Main Campus 

75 Francis St 

Boston 02115

Job

: Admin/Clerical/CustService-Other

Organization

: Brigham & Women’s Hospital(BWH)

Schedule

: Part-time

Standard Hours: 10

Shift

: Day Job

Posted Shift Description: 10 hours per week, every other weekend 8:30am-7:00pm

Employee Status

: Regular

Recruiting Department: BWH Hospitality Services

Job Posting

: Dec 4, 2024

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