Job Description

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Job Requisition ID: R00030126

Job Category: Health System

Organization: Scheduling-Access Guides

Location/s: Main Campus Jackson

Job Title: Telephone Operator - Scheduling

Job Summary: To receive and relay incoming and outgoing telephone calls on the university system to include scheduling and implementation of multi-party conference calls. To provide directory information, transfer calls, and clerical support as required.

Education & Experience

High school diploma/GED.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration required: N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of telephone consoles and related equipment. Basic data entry and word processing skills. Customer service; verbal and interpersonal skills. Ability to handle difficult or irate callers. Ability to resolve problems.

Responsibilities

• Operates switchboard and routes incoming calls to appropriate location.
• Schedules and places long distance and conference calls.
• Reviews and updates operator directory database.
• Researches and provides directory information to internal and external inquirers in accordance with applicable procedures.
• Receives and delivers messages from callers.
• Performs data entry and maintains appropriate logs and files.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds, frequent reaching, constant sitting, occasional standing, occasional twisting, and occasional walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type: Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No

Pay Class: Hourly

FTE %: 100

Work Shift:

Benefits Eligibility:

Job Posting Date: 07/14/2023

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):

University of Mississippi Medical Center