Endoscopy Receptionist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Receptionist to join the Endoscopy team at Scunthorpe General Hospital in Scunthorpe on a permanent basis.

We are looking for someone to provide a welcoming, professional and courteous service to patients and visitors who visit the unit.

To be able to provide a robust service, the post holder will be expected to work on a rota basis ensuring the service is appropriately covered seven days per week and will be responsible for admitting and discharging patients in a timely manner, ensuring any relevant post-admission information is sent to the relevant person(s).

The role of the Receptionist will be instrumental to the efficient running of the unit, therefore you should be smartly presented and have excellent customer relations and communication skills to work in this role.

The post holder will be required to liaise effectively with colleagues and others departments within the hospital in a professional and pleasant manner. The nature of this post requires the post holder to have a high level of tact and diplomacy as well as strict adherence to the rules of confidentiality.

The post holder will be required to provide a welcoming, professional, and courteous service to patients and visitors who visit our Endoscopy unit.

Excellent communication, motivation and interpersonal skills are essential along with a friendly approach and enthusiasm.

The post holder will be required to assist patients, visitors, staff and colleagues using a variety of communication methods, maintain records and filing systems.

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.