Receptionist/typist

+447846315897**Job Title**:Receptionist

**Location**:Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Rd, Sunderland SR4 7TP

**Trust Location**:South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

**About the Trust**

Our staff work in lots of different locations and do lots of different things. They look after people at home, in the community and in hospital. They work in local health centres, schools and GP practices as well as our hospitals. We also run lots of specialist services. This means patients come to our hospitals from right across the region.

**What you’ll be responsible for**:

- Greeting visitors
- Dealing with queries from patients, staff and the general public
- Booking patient appointments and maintaining electronic information systems
- General admin/ reception duties
- filing, scanning and photocopying

**You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust**:
1. An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS

2. Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times

3. A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation

**You’ll have the following skills/experience**:

- Excellent communication skills
- both verbal and written
- Microsoft office skills
- Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Previous admin/ reception experience
- Previous NHS experience
- Time management skills

**As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits**:

- Competitive pay rates
- work this week, get paid next week
- **Essential support when you need it
- 24/7 365 days**:

- call us anytime
- **Multi locational**:

- work across neighbouring Trusts
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go**:

- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle**:

- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
- **Training and development opportunities**:

- Keep up with the essentials and more
- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work**:

- your work life balance is important to us
- **Stakeholder pension scheme available**:

- a flexible future for you and yours

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £11.45 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have previous reception experience?

Work Location: In person