Requisition No: 859607 Agency: Veterans Affairs Working Title: OPS RECEPTIONIST Pay Plan: Health Care Practice Position Number: 50509206 Salary: $15.38/ Hourly Posting Closing Date: 09/08/2025 Total Compensation Estimator Tool Requisition # 859607 OPS (TEMPORARY) RECEPTIONIST FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRSEmory L. Bennett Memorial State Veterans' Nursing HomeDaytona Beach, Volusia CountySALARY: $15.38 HOURLYSHIFT: Weekdays (4pm-8:30pm) and holidays as needed.PAID BI-WEEKLY The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served U.S. We are seeking motivated, dynamic individuals! Our skilled nursing facility boasts a loyal team of long-term employees and a fantastic work culture. **Other vacant OPS (Temporary) Receptionist positions (shifts) may be filled from this advertisement within Six (6) months of the closing date. ****Education and employment history must be verifiable. Please attach any credentials you claim (degrees, certifications, etc.) to your application. **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Basic or better computer skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English.
- Ability to work weekday evenings and weekends/needs to be flexible.
- Ability to work overtime as needed.
- Successful completion of the employment screening process to include, but not limited to, a national background investigation and drug test.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or GED
- One-year clerical experience (college education/vocational training can substitute for required training)
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS:
- Incumbent greets visitors to the facility in a courteous manner.
- Provides limited information to the public regarding services rendered at the State Nursing Home.
- Answers and routes incoming and in-house calls.
- Takes and delivers accurate messages to appropriate staff members in a timely fashion.
- Maintains order in the reception area provides magazines and other reading material to visitors as well as residents.
- Ensure adequate lighting and comfortable room temperatures are maintained within the reception area.
- Always ensures Residents Rights as well as Resident confidentially is protected.
- Prepare letters, reports, forms and other documents, assuring that they are accurate and timely.
- Deliver medication received via the mail immediately to the respective section.
- Assisting families and visitors with meal receipts, and with the purchasing of meals.
- Coordinates mail flow in and out of the office, along with collecting and distributing parcels.
- Performs basic bookkeeping, filing, cash handling and clerical duties.
- Able to remain calm in emergency situations and capable of using an overhead PA system for announcements.
- Performs other routine office duties as instructed by supervisor
This position is in the Other Personal Services system. The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-###-####). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation. The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. Location: