Service Line Dispatcher - Center City

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Job Details The Dispatcher provides primary coordination of facilities service requests, ensuring efficient intake, prioritization, and assignment of work to maintenance and support staff. This role serves as a central communication hub for facilities operations, monitoring workflows and responding to routine and urgent service needs to maintain a safe and functional environment. In addition to dispatch responsibilities, the position performs timekeeping and clerical support duties, including data entry, record maintenance, and administrative coordination. The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Job Description Summary The Dispatcher provides primary coordination of facilities service requests, ensuring efficient intake, prioritization, and assignment of work to maintenance and support staff. This role serves as a central communication hub for facilities operations, monitoring workflows and responding to routine and urgent service needs to maintain a safe and functional environment. In addition to dispatch responsibilities, the position performs timekeeping and clerical support duties, including data entry, record maintenance, and administrative coordination. The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Job Duties Receives, prioritizes, and dispatches facilities service requests, ensuring timely assignment and completion of maintenance, repair, and support activities. Monitors work order systems, tracks job status, and communicates updates between facilities staff, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure efficient workflow and issue resolution. Maintains accurate records of service requests, work orders, and operational activities, ensuring data integrity and proper documentation. Performs timekeeping functions, including tracking employee hours, entering payroll data, and resolving discrepancies in coordination with supervisors. Minimum Qualifications High School Diploma/GED Additional Qualifications Physical Demands Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR. Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require. Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Thomas Jefferson University Primary Location Address 111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance. For more benefits information, please click here