Switchboard Operator Resume Template
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Allison Cooper
Senior Switchboard Operator · Hospital Communications
Nashville, TN
(615) 555-4693
allison.cooper@email.com
linkedin.com/in/allisoncooper
Profile
Switchboard operator with 9 years in answering service and hospital communications, handling 600+ calls a shift for a 540-bed medical center. Pages on-call physicians and announces overhead codes, with 99% of calls answered within 3 rings.
Operator Experience
2021 – Present
Senior Switchboard Operator
Cumberland Valley Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Answer and route 600+ calls a shift for a 540-bed hospital, keeping 99% of calls answered in 3 rings.
- Page on-call physicians and rapid response teams from Amtelco on-call schedules for 60 specialties.
- Announce overhead codes (blue, rapid response, stroke alert) and launch mass alerts within 30 seconds.
- Monitor fire alarm and medical gas panels and notify facilities and security per hospital policy.
- Trained 6 new operators on console use and code scripts; new hires now work solo after 3 weeks.
2018 – 2021
Switchboard Operator
Cumberland Valley Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Transferred patient, family and physician calls using the Cisco console and staff directory.
- Updated on-call rosters and the directory weekly, cutting misrouted pages by about half.
- Handled overnight answering service for 25 clinics, logging urgent messages for on-call providers.
- Followed HIPAA rules when confirming patient room numbers and taking messages for staff.
2016 – 2018
Answering Service Operator
Music City Answering Service, Nashville, TN
- Took 250 calls a shift for medical offices, HVAC contractors and property managers after hours.
- Typed clear, complete messages and dispatched urgent calls by text and phone to on-call staff.
Certifications
Microsoft Office Specialist: Word Associate
Microsoft
CPR/AED
American Red Cross
Operator Skills
Multi-line console operationOverhead code pagingOn-call schedule managementEmergency alarm monitoringMessage takingDirectory maintenanceHIPAA confidentiality
Systems
Amtelco Infinity
Spok Console
Cisco Attendant Console
Epic
Microsoft Outlook
Education
High School Diploma
2015
Antioch High School
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Skills to list
- Multi-Line Phone Systems
- Call Routing
- PBX Systems
- Customer Service
- Message Taking
- Directory Assistance
- Answering Service Software
- Data Entry
Software and tools
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Access
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Word
- SAP software
- M-Tech Hotel Service Optimization System HotSOS
Duties to describe on a switchboard operator resume
- Operated communication systems, such as telephone, switchboard, intercom, two-way radio, or public address.
- Answered incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls or taking messages as necessary.
- Greeted visitors, logged them in and out of the facility, assigned them security badges, and contacted employee escorts.
- Monitored emergency and code alarms, made emergency announcements, or routed emergency calls to the appropriate location.
- Recorded messages, suggesting rewording for clarity or conciseness.
- Paged individuals to inform them of telephone calls, using paging or interoffice communication equipment.
Titles along the way
- Switchboard Operator
- Senior Switchboard Operator
- Communications Supervisor
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