Receptionist

Sea Mar Community Health Centers•Vancouver, BC

25d•Onsite

About The Position

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position: Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization Position Summary The Receptionist is responsible for greeting and providing guidance to all visitors and callers to the facility and providing administrative clerical support as needed.

Requirements

High school education required.
Good communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
Sensitive to client needs (Mental Health/Substance Abuse).
Bilingual Spanish/English, with demonstrated writing and speaking fluency.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Must take and pass an TB test.
Annual influenza vaccine required. Only exception is for employees with a medical or religious exemption approved by Administration. Employees with an approved medical or religious exemption must wear mask at all times during the flu season.

Nice To Haves

Word processing and spreadsheet experience desired.
Customer Service/General Front Desk training is preferred.

Responsibilities

Responds to telephone calls professionally by directing callers to appropriate staff members or by taking written messages.
Responds to visitors politely and professionally by directing callers to appropriate staff members and /or locations.
Handles all oral and written tasks in fluent English or fluent Spanish, as appropriate to individual tasks.
Within the constraints of the regular influx of telephone and in-person contacts, provides helpful, efficient clerical support to administrative personnel, including typing word processing and spreadsheets.
Receives incoming mail. Per current procedure, stamps exterior of all incoming mail. For specified types of mail, including all accounts payable, opens then stamps incoming mail. Weighs and places correct postage on outgoing business mail.
Assist with receiving deliveries of supplies.