Emergency Department Receptionist

**The Role**:
We have an exciting opportunity for an Emergency Department Receptionist to join our team at University Hospital Wishaw working various out of hours.

The post holder is required to provide a comprehensive reception service within the Acute Emergency Department ensuring patients are admitted to the department, efficiently and accurately recording demographics, details of injury/illness, providing a high level of customer care. The post holder will also liaise closely with the Emergency Department clinical and nursing team, supporting them and ensuring nursing staff are informed if a patient is in obvious distress. The post holder will also liaise closely with the Scottish Ambulance Service; and other relevant departments to ensure an efficient and effective service provision.

As a first point of contact, the post holder will provide a friendly, respectful and efficient service to patients, relatives and visitors either face to face or by telephone. The post holder will receive patient enquiry calls for the hospital, answering and re-directing as necessary.

The post holder will undertake the scanning process for Emergency Department paper records, to ensure good data quality of the scanned electronic patient record.

**NHS Lanarkshire**:
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

**What we'll need you to bring**:

- Ideally educated to standard grade.
- Experience in working within a patient/customer care environment.
- Knowledge of confidentiality and data protection.
- Knowledge of moving and handling skills.
- Customer care skills.
- Computer literate.
- Keyboard skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative (working alone).
- Ability to multi task & work under pressure.
- Good interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff at all levels.

**It would be great if you also have**:

- Ideally educated to SVQ3 or SVQ2 or equivalent experience, plus ECDL or equivalent. Knowledge of health records, or patient/customer care knowledge.
- Experience of working within a patient/customer care or health records environment for 2 years or more.
- Knowledge of administrative computer systems.
- Ability to work in a busy environment.
- Flexibility to cover various shifts 24/7 including public holidays

**Contract type**:
Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months.

Part Time

22.5 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

**Location and Working Pattern**:
This role will be based in the Emergency Department at University Hospital Wishaw.

The working pattern for this role are various out of hours.

**Looking to find out more?**:
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

**Why NHS Lanarkshire?**:
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee Counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

**Further Information**:
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and suc