Outpatients Receptionist

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Dalton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Outpatients Receptionist to deliver a high-quality reception service for outpatient clinics and manage the appointments system. The role involves greeting patients, coordinating follow-up appointments and handling queries both in person and by phone.

The post requires good numeracy, literacy and IT skills (CaMIS, Word, Excel, Outlook) and a proactive, team-oriented approach in a busy clinical setting.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent experience.
• NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of Office and Outlook, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, e-mail and internet.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality reception service to patients attending outpatient clinics.
• Greet patients and arrange follow-up appointments as instructed by clinical staff.
• Handle a wide range of enquiries face-to-face and by telephone; update patient information in CaMIS.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Numeracy

Literacy

Initiative

Teamwork

Education

GCSE Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2)

NVQ 2 in Business Administration

Tools

CaMIS

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Outpatients Receptionist

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 24 November 2026

The post holder will provide a high quality reception service to patients attending outpatient clinics as well as maintaining an effective appointments system. Main duties will be to greet patients and arrange their further appointments as instructed by the clinical staff. You will be dealing with a wide range of enquires on a face to face basis as week as over the telephone and you will obtain and update patient information using the main hospital computer system (CaMIS)

Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate will need excellent customer care skills to deal with all people in a pleasant, polite and effective manner. Computer skills are required and you should have a good standard of numeracy and literacy. You must be able to think through problems using your own initiative. Commitment to work as part of a departmental team is very important. The workload is busy and physical and you will be expected to work with speed and of course accuracy at all times.

Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent experience
• NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent experience

Knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Understanding of clerical processes
• Efficient and accurate word processing skills

Experience

• Knowledge of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and power point, e-mail and internet.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust