Screener- Fairfax

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures a warm friendly welcome to all individuals entering the facility (i.e. patients, visitors, vendors, delivery personnel, staff, etc.)
• Screens to ensure temperature readings for those entering the facility are within a standard range (i.e. fever-free).
• Utilizes screening questions to ensure individuals entering the facility have not had a recent exposure to illness.
• Wears provided Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) while distributing hospital provided PPE to those entering the facility.
• Follows established protocol for those who present with a fever reading outside the standard range or have had a recent exposure to illness.
• Monitors the flow of people entering the building to ensure appropriated distancing between individuals in accord with the social distancing guidelines posted leading up to and/or posted at the building entry.
• Follow CDC guidelines to determine if an individual is clear to enter the facility.
• Immediately report any accidents to manager on duty.
• Reporting cases of positive and negative responses according to established protocols while remaining cognizant of appropriate requirements (state, local and federal requirements established per site).
• Provide additional information to employees, patients or visitors once responses have been documented.
• Appropriate written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong team player and ability to work independently.
• Ethical understanding of patient processes, confidentiality and personal health information (PHI) data management.
• Maintains strict confidentiality related to work information (in accordance with HIPAA).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualification and Requirements:

• High School Diploma/ GED or equivalent experience.
• Must be able to legally work in the United States.
• Must pass background and drug screenings.
• Able to speak, read, and write English fluently.
• Required to meet immunization or health screening requirements.
• Ability to demonstrate professionalism, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passion for customer service and attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, talk, see, and hear.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Must be able to push and pull (on wheelchair) 100 to 350 pounds, frequently over considerable distance.
• Ability to work flexible schedules and extended hours is sometimes required