Receptionist - Peterborough

4 weeks ago


Peterborough, United Kingdom North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Main Atrium Receptionist - Care Quality Department, Peterborough City Hospital

This is an exciting opportunity to join the established Patient Experience Team delivering exceptional customer service; acting as receptionist for patients, visitors and staff, (based in the Main Atrium at Peterborough City Hospital). You will be working as part of a small team, and will already have excellent communication skills that will enable you to carry out your duties; to provide face to face assistance, advice and information whilst projecting a professional, helpful manner ensuring complete confidentiality at all times and to provide administrative support within the Patient Experience workstream.

37.5 hours/week -must be flexible and able to work on a rotational shift basis, (including weekends and bank holidays), shifts as follows: 06:30 to 14:30,13:00 to 21:00, 09:30 to 17:30

To act as Receptionist for patients, visitors and staff based in the Main Atrium Reception area at Peterborough City Hospital. To provide face to face assistance, advice and information whilst projecting a professional, helpful manner ensuring complete confidentiality at all times. To provide administrative support within the Patient Experience workstream

Agile Working

We recognise the need to develop modern working practices to enable our employees to maximise their performance and productivity whilst maintaining a good work life balance and so have adopted an Agile working methodology as outlined within our Agile and Flexible Working Policy.

Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust and options are detailed on the Agile Working Matrix attached to this post.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**The post holder will**:
- Provide non-clinical advice and information to patients, relatives, carers, and staff.
- Deal with enquiries where there may be communication barriers.
- Direct complaints from patients, relatives and staff to the relevant service, referring the person to the appropriate department and escalating to the Patient Advice and Liaison Service or the Complaints Department, as appropriate, resolve issues within remit.
- Deal with distressed patients and bereaved relatives frequently.
- Use the Medway Outpatients patient administration and e-Track systems to answer standard patient queries regarding appointment dates and locations.
- Answer patient and staff enquiries received via the Switchboard.
- Assist with the Patient Belongings Service.
- Maintain confidentiality, ensuring information is only released to the correct individual(s) and that enquiries are handled strictly in accordance with Information Governance policies.
- Liaise with volunteers working in the reception areas and staff throughout the hospital.
- Assist patients, visitors and staff with any additional needs such as availability of wheelchairs and concessionary parking.
- Liaise with wards/departments/clinics as requested by patients and/or visitors.
- Work autonomously, using initiative and informing line manager of any problems/issues on a daily basis.
- Report and escalate incidents/issues to the IT Service Desk, Brookfields Service Desk, Security Staff, Site Service Managers or Line Manager, when required.
- Adopt a flexible approach to hours of work as this post will involve shift and weekend work. Adopt a flexible approach in providing cover in the absence of team members, i.e. annual leave and sickness leave.
- Be aware of Trust policies, particularly in respect of visiting times and flowers so as to provide information if requested.
- To be conversant with all duties, covering for annual leave and sickness as may be required.
- Keep the reception areas clean and tidy, patient forms readily stocked, and patient information is available at all times.
- To assist other members of the Patient Experience workstream, when necessary, completing administration tasks including data entry, copy typing and assisting with the ordering of Friends and Family feedback forms for all service areas and assisting with improving the response rate for FFT where necessary.
- Ensure personal safety is given priority at all times.
- Wear a Trust ID badge at all times and access to door codes and keys to offices will remain confidential.
- Keep valuables and equipment secure at all times and when leaving.
- Be polite and have a professional telephone manner.
- Have a willingness to undergo training to use internal computer systems including the Medway Outpatients and E-Track System.
- Be able to prioritise work load and multitask.



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