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POSITION DETAILS

Unpaid position, looking for a volunteer to work 4-8 hours weekly in our gift shop. Flexible scheduling, easy going atmosphere.

JOB SUMMARY

The Gift Shop Volunteer is responsible for assisting customers in a friendly, professional manner, processing sales, general upkeep of the shop.

MAJOR JOB FUNCTION

+ Hours depend on Volunteer availability.

+ Provide excellent Customer Service - Friendly and outgoing, able to help customers locating merchandise

+ Reliable – would be opening and Closing the shop on some days

+ Be familiar and follow hospital Confidentiality policies

+ Comfortable handling sales, making change, counting cash drawer, using Point of Sale system on iPad

+ Be comfortable answering Gift Shop phone, taking orders/sales over the phone

+ Light cleaning – wiping down of displays, straightening displays, emptying trash

+ Able to react appropriately if a situation should arise (Emergency Alert, difficult customer)

STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR

+ WORK ETHICS STANDARD: Affirm a commitment to making the Tomah Memorial Hospital work environment better through: patient advocacy, continuing education, and valuation of each individual person.

+ COMMUNICATION STANDARD: Affirm a commitment to use open and honest communication with all Tomah Memorial Hospital customers (in-house & community-wide) through: basic customer courtesy (phone, written, face to face) and active listening.

+ TEAMWORK STANDARD: Affirm a commitment to be a proud, dependable Tomah Memorial Hospital TEAM member through: basic customer courtesy, patient advocacy, flexibility, and valuation of each individual person.

+ QUALITY STANDARD: Affirm a commitment to provide respectful, compassionate, quality care with integrity to all Tomah Memorial Hospital customers (in-house & community-wide) through: job excellence, patient advocacy, and self-dignity.

+ PROFESSIONALISM STANDARD: Affirm a commitment to professional conduct towards all Tomah Memorial Hospital customers (in-house & community-wide) through: collaboration, teamwork, appearance, environment, and valuation of each individual person.

+ ATTITUDE STANDARD: Affirm a commitment to maintain a positive, professional perspective towards all Tomah Memorial Hospital customers (in-house & community-wide) through: honest feedback, confidentiality, basic customer courtesy, and valuation of each individual person.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

+ No prior experience needed, all training would be provided.

+ Prior experience in Customer Service is helpful.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

+ Excellent verbal communication skills.

+ Proficiently uses Touch Screen Register, makes change, answers phone.

+ Excellent human relation skills as demonstrated by the ability to interface positively with all customers and employees.

+ Needs to possess as high level of intelligence, integrity, sense of responsibility and ability to comprehend and analyze details.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

+ Duties require normal vision and hearing for both telephone/customer service and computer work.

+ The Gift Shop Associate is frequently required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms and is required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel and crouch.

+ The Gift Shop Associate must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

+ Position involves sitting in one position for prolonged periods.