Job Description

At UC Health, we're proud to have the best and brightest teams and clinicians collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering.

As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world-class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world. Join our team and you'll be able to develop your skills, grow your career, build relationships with your peers and patients, and help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors.

UC Health is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and diverse place of employment.

The Visitor Service Assistant is to foster a safe, pleasant and positive atmosphere in assigned locations of the hospital building and property, and facilitate the information flow between patients, families and hospital staff, as well as assisting in identifying and meeting visitor informational needs in a service oriented manner.

Responsibilities

• Greet visitors with the highest quality of customer service; identify patient/family needs; provide comfort, concern, and courtesy while they are waiting; communicate with empathy and compassion.
• Round regularly both inside and outside the hospital in all areas enforcing organizational policies and standards to promote safety throughout the organization.
• Manage the lobby milieu and waiting areas by identifying safety concerns and potential issues of risk.
• Maintain standards of waiting area in accordance with hospital policies.
• Coordinate patient visits with nursing and social work staff; serve as a liaison between visitors and members of the healthcare team; update staff about family needs/concerns, and facilitate communication between lobby/treatment areas.
• Facilitate patient visitation by maintaining patient census, visitor logs; escort visitors into the patient care areas.
• Serve as liaison for inquiries, requests for services, patient complaints, and service recovery.
• Respond to outside calls regarding patient condition and location.

Qualifications

High School Diploma
Benefit Details:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employee Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 401K
• Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities
• Community Discounts

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About UC Health

UC Health is an integrated academic health system serving Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. In partnership with the University of Cincinnati, UC Health combines clinical expertise and compassion with research and teaching-a combination that provides patients with options for even the most complex situations. Members of UC Health include: UC Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, Bridgeway Pointe Assisted Living, University of Cincinnati Physicians and UC Health Ambulatory Services (with more than 900 board-certified clinicians and surgeons), Lindner Center of HOPE and several specialized institutes including: UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute and the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center. Many UC Health locations have received national recognition for outstanding quality and patient satisfaction. Learn more at uchealth.com.