OPS RECEPTIONIST - 50601154

Requisition No: 840556 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: OPS RECEPTIONIST - 50601154

 Pay Plan: Health Care Practice

Position Number: 50601154 

Salary:  $15.38/hr. 

Posting Closing Date: 11/10/2024 

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Requisition #840556

 OPS (Temporary) Receptionist

 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

 Jenkins State Domiciliary Veterans' Home

 Lake City, Columbia County

 Hourly Rate: $15.38

 Paid Bi-Weekly

 Shift: Days, Evenings, Every other Weekend and Some Holidays

  ***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:

• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must have basic computer skills.
• Must be willing and able to work in Lake City, FL.
• Must be willing and able to work every other weekend.
• Must successfully complete a Level II Background Screening to include, but not limited to a drug test and finger printing.

 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Operates switchboard.
• Takes messages for staff and relays in a timely manner.
• Routes calls for residents to the proper room phone, takes messages for residents and insures they are relayed in a timely manner.
• Use copier and fax machine.
• Shred paperwork as needed.
• Help with donation process.
• Assist residents with questions.
• Clean front lobby spills if housekeeping is unavailable.
• Coordinate with bus drivers for resident pick up from various places in the community.
• Put up resident mail.
• Insure that all official visitors and resident visitors are courteously greeted, directed properly to their destination as to general nature of their business after locating staff/resident being visited without verifiable complaint. Insure compliance with the visitors’ administrative policy.
• Assist Nursing with logging in resident medications that come in the mail.

        This is an OPS (Temporary Position)

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.