Ward Receptionist

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Ward Receptionist to join a diverse and motivated team that are dedicated to the development of skills and the delivery of high quality safe care.

As the Ward Receptionist you will often be the first point of contact for patients and visitors when entering the ward, so a friendly, welcoming smile and excellent communication skills are essential.

As a caring and positive person you will need to be able to work as part of an established team, have the ability to work flexibly and be committed to ensuring the smooth running of reception.

We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, content with working in a busy environment and who has good time management skills and can work across 5 days a week.

You must have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. It is essential that you act professionally at all times, have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to prioritise work load.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to provide a professional, efficient and comprehensive reception service within the Eye Daye Case Unit. Fulfilling all necessary reception, clerical, administrative and general tasks required to facilitate and record patient treatment using both paper based health records and information technology systems.

Staff are expected to be courteous and considerate at all times and have excellent customer care skills. After appropriate training the post holder will be required to utilise the hospital computer system to capture and update necessary data, and to use the case note tracing system to accurately record the movement of paper based health records.

The role requires close liaison with other disciplines and the provision of a courteous, reliable and quality consumer service to patients, relatives and carers, healthcare professionals, internal departments and outside organisations.

You will be required to make follow up appointments.

Closing date of applications: 2nd May 2024

Interview date: 16th May 2024

About us

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, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest 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. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff. Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE or equivalent in English

Experience

Desirable

Previous receptionist experience Previous experience working with healthcare IT systems

Communication

Essential

Flexibility to work across 5 days a week Excellent communication skills

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