Therapy Receptionist

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Splint workshop team for a Therapy Receptionist / admin support at the Royal Derby Hospital. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our small but dedicated reception team.

This is a part time post working 22.5 hours per week, which must include a Wednesday, but there is flexibility for the other days worked. The successful post holder will be expected to work flexibly to cover colleagues in times of sickness and annual leave.

If you consider you can fulfil the following criteria you may be interested in joining our Reception team.
- Good level of education and have experience in Administration and Clerical duties with good keyboard skills
- Ability to work in a calm, logical and methodical way but be able to multi-task whilst dealing with frequent interruptions
- Excellent communication skills and customer service skills including face to face contact with the general public
- Experience of working on in a busy reception environment
- Ability to exercise initiative and demonstrate a consistently high standard of professionalism whilst being aware of the need for confidentiality and integrity
- Ability to absorb and process complex, detailed outpatient clinic and patient information
- Ability to remain calm and work well under pressure, whilst having the ability to carry out a wide variety of tasks
- Previous experience of working in an outpatient department within an NHS setting is preferred.

As an Outpatient Receptionist your main responsibilities will be to provide a friendly, welcoming and professional first point of contact, on the telephone and in person, to patients and a range of health care professionals. Reception duties will be complex and varied. They include welcoming and booking patients into clinics, booking appointments, dealing with enquiries, input data on to Trust computer systems as well as other clerical duties required to support the efficient and effective running of the Therapies department. Full training will be provided.

This career has lots of job satisfaction on a daily basis, as you’ll be helping patients and their families with their requirements and providing administration support in their on-going healthcare. If you are a committed and dedicated person who has an ambition to make a difference then this is the job for you.

We can offer you the opportunity to work in a supportive team, with regular supervision from your line manager to further develop your skills in this area of work. You will also have an annual appraisal in which personal and professional development needs will be identified and a plan agreed on how these can best be achieved.

**Interview date**: 13 September 2023

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

**In return we will offer**:

- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

**Key Facts about our Trust**:

- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.