Receptionist- PART TIME

Receptionist
The Birches Assisted Living

(1) PART TIME OPENING: Thursday/Fridays- 2:30PM-9:00PM (with availability to pick up open shifts as needed)

• Privately owned & operated small business for more than 20 years; no corporate structure with tenure leadership
• Discounted, homemade employee meals
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Retirement Savings Program
• A business looking for long-term partnerships with its members
• On the job training and education accommodations
• Employee wellness and Successful Aging support
• Cross training into multiple departments to meet career goals
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses
• Part time members (working less than 32 hours/week) qualify for PLT accrual based on hours worked
• Referral Bonus to Fill Open Positions: $1000/person hired (Unlimited per year)

• Medical Insurance with 3 different offerings
• 2 dental options
• 1st year: 2-3 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 5th year:3-4 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 10th year or more 4-5 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 6 paid holidays (double-time if working on the holiday)
• Life Insurance
• Short term/ long term disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance

When you join The Birches, you join a Successful Aging Community that believes in the positive aging lifestyle. We believe that each one of us has, within ourselves, the power to live longer and healthier lives by taking care our Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, and Social health. And as a community, we work together to support our residents and team members to discover what’s possible and make a real difference in the lives of our residents.

Our reception is the community’s face and a focal point of communication. Thus, reception is responsible for engaging and connecting with our residents, their families, employees, and all visitors in a genuine and compassionate way to represent our successful aging community’s culture and language. The primary purpose of this job is to greet residents, their families, employees, prospective residents, physicians, visiting nurses and therapists, vendors and service people, and others on the telephone and in person and provide information and referral to others. The receptionist also assists with maintaining security of the building and security for the residents and associates.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are some of the representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Must be able to read, write, and speak English language to connect with customer base.
• Possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
• Ability to prioritize and delegate tasks.
• Be able to follow written and oral instructions.
• Must be able to operate multi-line phone, copier, fax machine, and computers.
• Must adhere to dress code as per community policy.

• Must possess sight/hearing senses, or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the community.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.

• Work well in well-lighted/ventilated area.
• Sitting, standing, bending, lifting, and moving intermittently during working hours.
• Subject to frequent interruptions.
• Involved with residents, family members, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc. under all conditions/circumstances.
• Subject to hostile and emotionally upset residents, family members, etc.
• Willingness to work beyond normal working hours when necessary.

Hiring Locations
Clarendon Hills, IL 60514