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Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Maintaining strict confidentiality of patients at all times.

• Operate the telephone switchboard in accordance with the standard procedures laid

down by the Hospital. Operate the hospital paging system, according priority at all
times to emergency calls.

• Admission of patients when Admission Office is closed.

• Contacting the relevant department and advising them of Admission.

• Contacting or referring patients to appropriate staff or department for Emergency.

• The acceptance and delivery of flowers, gifts etc., for patients and staff. The

acceptance of Hospital supplies when departments are closed if practicable.

• Assessing patients when they present to the hospital i.e. how many weeks pregnant,

directing them to the relevant department i.e. admissions, emergency ward,
assessment unit, labour ward.