Job Description
Job Posting Summary Baptist Health is looking to add a Console Operator to our
Baptist IT Center team.
As a Console Operator, you are the voice of Baptist. Console Operators welcome and address the needs of internal and external callers whose calls are directed to any of our Baptist Medical Center Hospitals and stand-alone Emergency Rooms located within the Northeastern region of Florida. They prioritize, answer, and respond to incoming calls received on the emergency line for the Baptist Health System and alert hospital emergency response teams through effective communication using the appropriate emergency communication management system.
Shift Details: PRN (as needed based on the department's needs), must be flexible to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Location: Baptist IT Center
As a Console Operator you will be responsible for: - Welcoming, addressing, and ensuring first call resolution to meet the needs of internal and external callers whose calls are directed to any of our Baptist Medical Center Hospitals and stand-alone Emergency Rooms located within the Northeastern region of Florida.
- Prioritizing, answering, and responding to incoming calls received on the internal emergency line for the Baptist Health System and alerts hospital emergency response teams through effective listening, and communicating clearly and concisely via the appropriate emergency communication management system.
- Handling incoming calls for all Baptist Medical Center Hospitals and stand-alone Emergency Rooms located within the Northeastern region of Florida, addressing caller questions and/or routing internal and external calls effectively and efficiently to drive first call resolution.
- Managing hospital emergency lines by leveraging hospital emergency procedures, notifying the necessary medical or non-medical emergency response teams, as well as local authorities when appropriate, and ensuring all documentation is completed thoroughly and accurately.
- Understanding and communicating after-hour emergency on-call schedules for hospital departments as requested by medical staff.
- Acting as a gatekeeper to screen calls for hospital leadership and staff members.
- Handling calls for dedicated marketing campaigns, answering caller questions and/or scheduling a return call for our Baptist Care Coordination team.
- Assisting patients and staff members with making long-distance calls.
- Operating communication systems such as telephone, switchboard console, intercom, Cortext, Vocera, or paging systems.
- Reviewing and maintaining knowledge of all updated policies, procedures, and hospital information across the Baptist Health system.
- Answering telephones promptly and courteously, identifying self and department.
- Greeting and welcoming callers in a warm and friendly manner.
- Providing complete and accurate information in a timely manner.
- Achieving or exceeding goals for key performance metrics, including but not limited to productivity and call abandonment.
This Console Operator will be located at the Baptist IT Center. If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now! Full/Part Time PRN
Shift Details Various shifts
Education Required High School Diploma/GED
Education Preferred Associate's Degree
Experience - Less than one year of related experience Required
Licenses and Certifications None
Location Overview Baptist Health, founded in 1955, is North Florida's most comprehensive health care system and the area's only non-profit, mission-driven, locally governed health care provider. Baptist Health has over 200 points of care throughout the Northeast Florida region, including our six award-winning hospitals: Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Wolfson Children's Hospital, Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Baptist Medical Center Clay, Baptist Medical Center Nassau and Baptist Medical Center South. The most preferred health care system in the region, Baptist Health also includes 57 primary care offices, as well as home health, behavioral health, pastoral care, rehabilitation services, occupational health and urgent care.
Job Tags
Full time, Part time, Relief, Local area, Long distance, Flexible hours, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work,