Volunteer - Gift Shop at Tomah Health – Tomah, Wisconsin

JOB SPECIFICS

Non-paid position, looking for a volunteer to assist 4-8 hours weekly in our gift shop. We offer flexible scheduling and an 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.