Emergency Department Receptionist

1 week ago

East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time
The Role

University Hospital Hairmyres has two fantastic opportunities for Emergency Department Receptionists. You will be required to provide a comprehensive reception service within the Acute Emergency Department ensuring patients are admitted to the department, efficiently and accurately recording demographics, details of injury/illness, providing a high level of customer care. You will also liaise closely with the Emergency Department clinical and nursing team, supporting them and ensuring nursing staff are informed if a patient is in obvious distress. The post will also involve liaising closely with the Scottish Ambulance Service; and other relevant departments to ensure an efficient and effective service provision.

As a first point of contact, you will provide a friendly, respectful and efficient service to patients, relatives and visitors either face to face or by telephone. You will receive patient enquiry calls for the hospital, answering and re-directing as necessary.

You will also undertake the scanning process for Emergency Department paper records, to ensure good data quality of the scanned electronic patient record.


NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring
  • Educated to SVQ III or equivalent or SVQ Level II or equivalent experience, plus ECDL or equivalent. The post holder will have a knowledge of Health Records
  • Excellent customer care skills and good interpersonal skills, including an ability to communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and staff at all levels
  • Computer literate and good keyboard skills
  • Experience in multi-tasking as the post holder is responsible for activities such as answering queries, progress chasing, task related problem solving, all acquired through experience and vocational learning
  • Knowledge of Confidentiality and Data Protection
  • Knowledge of handling and moving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative (working alone)
  • A knowledge of processes to enable working across a range of systems including outpatient and waiting list systems
  • A knowledge of processes to enable appropriate booking of clinics, and system knowledge to enable cancelling and re-booking of appointments as requested
  • The ability to multi task at all times ensuring the smooth running of the A&E reception at all times 24/7
  • Understanding and working knowledge of Data Protection while dealing with police, ie what information can be released
  • Understanding and working knowledge of medical terminology
  • Ability to work under constant pressure
It would be great if you also have
  • Educated to Standard Grade
  • Experience in working within a patient/customer care environment
  • Knowledge of confidentiality and Data Protection
  • Knowledge of moving and handling skills
  • Knowledge of filing systems
  • Knowledge of administrative computer systems
  • Flexibility to cover various shifts 24/7 including public holidays
Contract type

Permanent

Part Time

10 hours per post

Post 1 - Saturday 10pm to Sunday 8am (10hrs Nightshift)

Post 2 - Sunday 10pm to Monday 8am (10hrs Nightshift)

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in the Emergency Department within University Hospital Hairmyres

The working pattern for this role is:

Post 1 - Saturday 10pm to Sunday 8am (10hrs Nightshift) or Post 2 - Sunday 10pm to Monday 8am (10hrs Nightshift)

Looking to find out more?

If you're looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you

Please contact Yvonne Tennant, Health Records Manager on

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

  • A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
  • A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
  • Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
  • Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
  • Occupational health services
  • Employee counselling services
  • Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants
  • Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer. If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

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