Receptionist

**Job summary**

**An exciting opportunity has arisen within the busy administrative team that support the Adult and Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams in Honiton.**

**This is a part time 15 hour per week role covering a Wednesday and a Thursday.**

**Main duties of the job**

The post holders role will be to work in partnership with the Clinical teams and Business Administrators, ensuring high quality customer service and administrative support that will enable the provision of the best possible care to service users.

You will be required to use your own initiative and have the ability to prioritise work, whilst working calmly and confidently under pressure and able to meet conflicting demands. You must be able to multi-task with ease and possess excellent organisational skills as well as an eye for detail. The post holder needs to relate to a wide range of people and professional services. You should have excellent communication skills and an outstanding telephone manner.

The clinical teams provide care and treatment to people with mental health needs so compassion and understanding is extremely important in this role as you will be the first point of contact for our service users, their family and carers as well as professionals.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining high standards of professionalism and providing services in accordance with the Trusts values and behaviours. Other qualities include being punctual, reliable, of smart appearance and hard working with a can-do attitude.

**About us**

**About Devon Partnership Trust**

We provide mental health & learning disability services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

**Our values**

We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 15 per week

**Salary**: £22,816.00-£24,336.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Devon, EX14 2DE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 07/09/2023
Reference ID: C9369-23-0610