OPS RECEPTIONIST - 50505033

Requisition No: 851042 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: OPS RECEPTIONIST - 50505033

 Pay Plan: Health Care Practice

Position Number: 50505033 

Salary:  $15.38 Hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 04/21/2025 

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Requisition #851042

OPS (TEMPORARY) RECEPTIONIST                       

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Emory L. Bennett Memorial State Veterans' Nursing Home

Daytona Beach, Volusia County

SALARY: $15.38 HOURLY

SHIFT: Weekend days (8am-3pm) and holidays as needed.

PAID BI-WEEKLY

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served U.S.  We are seeking motivated, dynamic individuals!  Our skilled nursing facility boasts a loyal team of long-term employees and a fantastic work culture.

**Other vacant OPS (Temporary) Receptionist positions (shifts) may be filled from this advertisement within Six (6) months of the closing date.**

**Education and employment history must be verifiable.  Please attach any credentials you claim (degrees, certifications, etc.) to your application.**

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Basic or better computer skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Ability to work weekday evenings and weekends/needs to be flexible.
• Successful completion of all pre-employment screenings (level II background and drug test).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or GED
• One year clerical experience (college education/vocational training can substitute for required training).

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS:

• Incumbent greets visitors to the facility in a courteous manner.
• Provides limited information to the general public regarding services rendered at the State Nursing Home.
• Answers and routes incoming and in-house calls.
• Takes and delivers accurate messages to appropriate staff members in a timely fashion.
• Maintains order in the reception area: provides magazines and other reading material to visitors as well as residents.
• Ensure adequate lighting and comfortable room temperatures are maintained within the reception area.
• Ensures at all times Residents Rights as well as Resident confidentially is protected.
• Prepare letters, reports, forms and other documents, assuring that they are accurate and timely.
• Deliver medication received via the mail immediately to the respective section.
• Assisting families and visitors with meal receipts, and with the purchasing of meals.
• Coordinates mail flow in and out of the office, along with collecting and distributing parcels.
• Performs basic bookkeeping, filing, cash handling and clerical duties.
• Able to remain calm in emergency situations and capable of using an overhead PA system for announcements.
• Performs other routine office duties as instructed by supervisor.

This position is in the Other Personal Services system.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.