Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Reception Team for a receptionist. This vacancy will cover all the reception areas in clinical support including Gaol Street Reception. You will be required to cover all aspects of reception and also support the Referral Management Team for any sickness/annual leave. Main responsibilities will include meet and greet and arriving on Maxims, booking appointments, inputting referrals, dealing with patient enquiries, adding/amending clinics, engaging with the specialities to resolve any issues, and the input of data on to Trust computer systems. An integral part of the role is contacting patients by telephone to book appointments. You will be required to project a professional helpful manner and ensuring complete confidentiality is adhered to at all times. You will be working with a busy team and will ideally have some experience of working within this type of environment. Criteria: Excellent communication skills Good customer service skills face to face contact with the general public Proven keyboard, telephony and clerical skills Respect confidentiality Maintain a high level of accuracy Ability to operate effectively as part of a team Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.” Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time. To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.