Admin Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Wallingford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Workplace Pension scheme with contributions

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking an Admin Assistant at our care home in Wallingford. In this role, you will manage a variety of administrative tasks, including answering calls, handling files, and welcoming visitors.

Ideal candidates will have strong multi-tasking abilities and excellent people skills to engage positively with residents and their families. We offer a competitive salary along with a comprehensive rewards package that includes training opportunities and employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to multi-task effectively.
• Good computer skills necessary for daily tasks.
• Confident telephone manner for effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Answering the phone and handling office files.
• Meeting and greeting visitors and engaging with residents.
• Showing prospective clients and families around the care home.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Good computer skills

Confident telephone manner

People skills

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Shifts: 8am to 5pm. As an Admin Assistant at a Barchester care home, you’ll carry out a range of responsibilities to help us deliver the quality care and support our residents deserve. In this varied role, you’ll answer the phone, handle our files and support our managers. You’ll also meet and greet visitors, engage with residents and show prospective clients and their families around so they can see what makes us so different. Across everything you do as an Admin Assistant here, you’ll go out of your way to help us create a vibrant, happy environment.

ABOUT YOU

If you have the ability to multi‑task, good computer skills and a confident telephone manner you could be well‑suited to the Admin Assistant role with us. It’s also really important that you’re a people person – you’ll take a genuine interest in our residents and their families. If that sounds like you, we’ll give you the opportunity to develop your skills with courses that have been designed to build your confidence across all your responsibilities.

REWARDS PACKAGE

In return for your dedication, you’ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector‑leading benefits and rewards package including:

• Free training and development for all roles
• Access to wellbeing and support tools
• A range of retail discounts and savings
• Unlimited referrals with our ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme
• ‘Employee of the Month’ rewards and ‘Long Service Awards’
• Workplace Pension scheme, with Employer contributions from 3%

And so much more!

If you’d like to use your administration and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.