Communications Operator-Summit Medical Center (Part-time)
Advocate Aurora Health
Advocate Aurora is a nationally recognized healthcare provider, caring for patients in Wisconsin and Illinois. We help people live well.
- Operates various systems to support and coordinate call handling and placement, paging, alarm, and emergency condition responses.
- Responds to and operates multi-function work stations, paging systems (overhead and pocket pager), emergency hotline and alarm devices for the purpose of answering, connecting, and directing calls to appropriate locations, and to facilitate hospital response to emergency situations.
- Provides an expeditious communication link between in-house and on-call personnel, patients, and caregivers in routine, urgent, and emergent medical and non-medical conditions, through the use of information binders, on-call schedules, personnel lists, hospital safety procedures, and relevant department policies and procedures.
- Provides and arranges for the repair of pocket pagers, patient room telephones, and “special needs” patient telephones.
- Maintains current knowledge of department and Medical Center policies and procedures, computer and hard copy files of all physician key personnel and on-call personnel, and information through continuous review of bulletin board postings, department handouts and memos, and attendance at staff and other relevant meetings.
Licenses & Certifications
None Required.
Degrees
High School Graduate.
Required Functional Experience
No experience required
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Excellent verbal communication skills essential. Flexibility to work weekends and holidays and, occasionally, a variety of shifts.