Receptionist - PRN

Why join Givens? Givens Communities continues to be a positive force and advocate for older adults.  We have a mission to expand the possibilities of aging by improving lives through communities, services, and outreach.  Givens Communities promotes Diversity and Belonging by aligning our words with actions so that everyone is welcomed and treated with dignity and respect.  We continuously look for innovative approaches to achieve our sustainability goals and practices to protect our natural resources.  Our collective mindset is to ensure the communities remain forward thinking and progressive as our residents seek a purpose driven life. Purpose. Passion. Possibilities.

What you'll get:

• Referral Bonus
• Access to our Employee Assistance Network

Givens Highland Farms a leading continuing care retirement community in Black Mountain, is hiring a PRN Receptionist for our Health Care Center. The primary purpose of your position is to create a positive first impression as the public's initial point of contact with Highland Farms and to ensure efficient, accurate communication of routine and emergency information by answering incoming telephone calls promptly, transferring calls, screening calls (when requested), distributing information, and paging for personnel as required by the context of the call; greeting visitors and vendors and directing them as to appropriate areas and/or personnel. The schedule for this position is: Monday-Wednesday 4:30PM to 8:30PM.

What you'll do:

• Support efficient community communication by receiving and sorting incoming staff and resident mail  
• Maintains elopement registry and support resident safety objectives by monitoring resident movement within her/his view 
• Complete and submit maintenance work orders to the Facilities Services department
• Update healthcare resident’s numbers in the master list and make door labels for new residents
• Assist residents as requested, while remaining within scope of position
• Support resident care/treatment plans by creating and maintaining mailing lists with physician names, printing labels as needed to mail reports and physician orders, etc
• Perform any other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned on an as-needed basis by an authorized supervisor

What you'll need:

• High School Education or GED equivalent is preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Word & Excel
• Experience with Multi-Line phone system

Compensation is $18.00 per hour and includes some great benefits!

Still curious about what Givens is all about? It's kind of a long story, but at our core, we're a senior housing organization with a lot of heart and committed to providing housing to seniors of all socioeconomic backgrounds across WNC for more than 40 years. We already have five communities (two life plan communities and two affordable communities) with plans for many more in the coming years.