receptionist Nottingham, England
Job description
Band 2
- Full time
- Part time
Job overview
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the Outpatient team you will be responsible for greeting all patients and visitors into the Treatment Centre building, dealing with all enquiries while maintaining patient confidentiality.
Undertake all duties relating to the patients’ car park, working in an outside environment, sometimes in inclement weather, assisting patients and visitors as they arrive at the Treatment centre.
To be able to fulfil the delivery of medical notes/thin files from the Treatment centre to relevant departments within QMC and Leengate.
To process all outgoing & incoming post to the business. Operating postal machinery on a daily basis.
Dealing with calls through the Treatment centre main switchboard. Using Medway PAS, and other relevant booking systems relating to the job role, accurately and efficiently. You’ll have excellent communication skills and will deal appropriately with enquires both by telephone and in person.
Working for our organisation
You will be a conscientious and enthusiastic team player with excellent organisational skills. You will need to be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of confidentiality issues, be well motivated and reliable. You will be able to understand and accurately convey verbal and written information and be able to remain calm under pressure.
Use your own initiative and respond to queries within and outside of the Organisation with a professional manner to patients, relatives and staff. You will present a professional and polite attitude at all times.
You must be educated to GCSE standard, possess excellent communication skills and be competent in the use of computers systems including Microsoft packages and Medway PAS
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working as part of the Outpatient team you will be responsible for greeting all patients and visitors into the Treatment Centre building, dealing with all enquiries while maintaining patient confidentiality. Dealing with calls through the Treatment
centre main switchboard. Using Medway PAS, and other relevant booking systems relating to the job role, accurately and efficiently. You’ll have excellent communication skills and will deal appropriately with enquires both by telephone and in person
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To be educated to ‘O’ level, GCSE or equivalent
- Experience of Microsoft packages
Desirable criteria
- To possess 5 GCSE A-C passes including English and Maths or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven reception and telephony experience
- Customer Service Skills
- Experience of Team Working
- Ability to work shifts
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of reception work
- Knowledge of hospital IT systems, e.g. Medway PAS, Microsoft Packages
- Switchboard experience
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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Support with Applications and Interviews: NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. If you would like to be contacted to take up this offer please email [email protected] providing your name, phone number, and email address and the team will be in touch.
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
