Communications Assistant
Communications Assistant
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Job Description
City/State
South Boston VAWork Shift
RotatingOverview:
Rotating shift and every other weekend
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital is fueled by the expertise of a wellestablished medical staff representing more than twodozen specialties while remaining focused on excellent care. Services at this hospital include: cardiovascular services emergency services family birthing center hospitalist program imaging/radiology services laboratory services nephrology services orthopedic services rehabilitation services and surgical services.
- Entry level position Sentara Communication Assistants play a critical role within the organization facilitating all emergent and nonemergent communication both externally and internally.
- Our Centralized Hospital Communications Center is responsible for all Sentara Hospitals and freestanding emergency departments. (Currently 12 hospitals and 4 FSEDs).
- External call facilitation will generally include but is not limited to looking up patient information for friends and family members of patients and transferring customers to appropriate departments throughout the organization.
- Internal call facilitation will generally include utilizing complex oncall schedules with escalations and facilitating nurse to physician and physician to physician communication to include emergent consultations.
- Will assist with training new employees at your level and additional duties as assigned.
- Previous healthcare and multiline phone experience preferred.
- Understanding of medical terminology preferred.
Sentara Healthcare offers outstanding benefits.
- Tuition assistance and Student Loan Repayment Benefit
- Health Dental Vision and Medical insurance
- Generous Paid Annual Leave Parental and Caregiver Leave
- Retirement with match
- Adoption Infertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement
- Career and personal development opportunities
- Reward programs for health and wellness
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital is fueled by the expertise of a wellestablished medical staff representing more than twodozen specialties while remaining focused on excellent care. Services at this hospital include cardiovascular services emergency services family birthing center hospitalist program imaging/radiology services laboratory services nephrology services orthopedic services rehabilitation services and surgical services. We improve health every day come be a part of the community.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobaccofree environment.
For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Employment Type
Part-Time
