Receptionist / Office Clerk - Woodlands Hospital
23 hours ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Receptionists / Administrators to join our admin team based at the Woodlands in Ipswich.
Our shift pattern is 0600-1400 and 1400-2200 for Reception, and 0800-1600 for ward admin roles.
If you are a friendly, positive and well organised person that is interested in developing their current admin and reception skills whilst working in a fast paced environment and you are interested in an exciting challenge then this opportunity could be for you
This post requires a confident, level-headed individual who can be flexible, adaptable and can work on their own initiative as well as part of our team. Good communication and telephone skills are key to maintain our high level of service. Ideally, we are looking for someone who has administration experience including good typing skills and IT knowledge.
You will also work on our wards at the Woodlands providing admin support to our clinicians and full training for reception and administration work will be provided.
You must possess excellent time management skills, a positive approach and a friendly, helpful manner. You will need to be able to remain calm under pressure and to prioritise your workload.
**Your main duties will include**:
Meet and Greet - You will be the the first person our patients, carers, family members and visiting professionals meet when arriving at Woodlands.
Answering the phone, taking messages, putting calls through or re-directing.
Managing diary room bookings.
Signing in and out security packs for staff.
Responsibility when fire alarms sound and other health and safety related procedures.
Accepting deliveries and directing post.
Attending MDT morning meetings, prepping for the meeting and live typing to update patient information.
Maintaining and updating electronic patient data.
Scanning, photocopying and displaying posters.
Supporting the wider admin within the unit.
Interacting with professionals, carers, and service users.
Skills we are looking for include
- Exceptional communication
Typing skills
Knowledge of Microsoft Packages
Confident in abilities
Personable
Willing to learn and adapt
Excellent time management
We promote and adhere to the workplace values of NSFT.
Our busy team reflect what we all believe makes the most positive difference to the care we offer and to the way we work with one another. By ‘living our values’ we will develop our Trust, our people, and continue to improve the quality of everything we do.
We provide an attractive and competitive package of benefits including generous holiday entitlement and compassionate sickness benefits, in addition to Staff Wellbeing services.
**Benefits included with this role are**:
NHS pension
A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
career progression
Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
Staff physio service
NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY
**Previous applicants need not apply
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