Receptionist - On-Call - Carlton senior Living
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
At Carlton, we are dedicated to enriching the lives of older adults by offering personalized care and fostering a warm and supportive environment. We know it takes a special group of individuals to help our residents live their lives to the fullest, surrounded by love, kindness, and care. We believe happy employees ensure happy residents. With attractive benefits, hands-on training, and opportunities for career advancement, we take great pride in recruiting people who embrace and embody our unique “culture of caring.”
Join our exceptional team at Carlton Senior Living!
- Raises twice a year
- Anniversary Bonus
- Immediate Pay
- Fitness/Education Reimbursement
- Complementary employee meals
- Opportunity for additional pay increases (referrals, mentors, etc)
- Holiday pay
- Sick/Vacation Time
- Medical, Dental, Vision… and more!
SUMMARY
To perform this jobsuccessfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential dutysatisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of theknowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may bemade to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentialfunctions.
Provides front desk support in the community.In addition to answering telephones, the person in this position often givesthe first impression of the community to the public and to families and is theprimary liaison between residents, their families, and the community staff, sowe refer to the position as “Director of First Impressions”.
Skills required to perform the duties of our Receptionist successfully:
- Welcomes visitors, family members, clients, orcustomers, and directs them to the proper destination. Obtains initialmarketing information.
- Provide an exemplary first impression toresidents, family members, associates, and customers while providing theseindividuals with the correct information, direction, and/or resources.
- Answer all inquiries in a professional, clear,courteous, and energetic manner.
- Perform duties thoroughly and timely whilemaintaining a high level of customer service (duties may include but are notlimited to answering and directing phone calls, monitoring resident emergencycall lights, reminding residents of upcoming activities or appointments, organizing,and maintaining resident records, supporting the sales and marketing team;etc).
- Act as a resource about events and programsbeing conducted within the community and arrange for lunch or dinner guests, aswell as guests of residents who may be staying in the community.
- Acts as a resource and problem solver forcurrent residents, guests, family, and staff. In this capacity, a high level ofcustomer satisfaction skills is important.
- Answer telephone calls and direct calls. Takeaccurate messages.
- Read and route incoming mail. Locate and attachappropriate files to correspondence to be answered by the employer.
- Arrange for required maintenance assistance.
- Organize and maintain resident files,correspondence, and other records.
- Under direction from the Associate Director/ExecutiveAssistant or Executive Director, coordinates with the Activities Team aboutevents taking place within the community and supports the Marketing team byhelping with promotions, residents communications, and assembly of any printedinformation.
- Stays apprised of upcoming events, programs, orcelebrations to inform and encourage residents and visitors to attend orparticipate. Can make reservations and arrangements as necessary.
- Maintains the Front Desk area in a neat andorderly fashion.
- Dress appropriately per company standards forprofessional front desk presentation.
- Monitors emergency call lights and alarms andresponds appropriately.
- Follow company protocol in response toresident-related health and safety issues.
- Have an appreciation and understanding of thesenior population.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Other requirements of our Receptionist include:
- Passing a DOJ background clearance, receiving a health screening, and obtaining a negative TB test (all provided by the community).
- Minimum high school diploma or GED, or equivalent experience.
Carlton Senior Living’s Commitment to Pay Transparency
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives.
Carlton Senior Living benefits are designed to convey Carlton Senior Living’s culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:
- Premium coverage for employee medical insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Dental, Vision, Short/Long-term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans;
- Generous vacation time and leave plans, as well as paid sick days and parental leave;
- Generous benefits like mental and emotional health support through our Employee Assistance Program, a 401K company match, gym and tuition reimbursements.
Carlton Senior Living reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
Carlton Senior Living’s Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunities
Carlton Senior Living is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. Per Department of Social Services regulations, all applications must undergo an extensive background check, and certain misdemeanor convictions will require an exemption.
Carlton Senior Living is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at hrdept@carltonseniorliving.com .