Receptionist

Bupa UK; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Pension plans

Parental leave

Discounts on gyms

Job summary

Ardenlea Court Care Home in Solihull is seeking a Receptionist to be the first point of contact for visitors, manage new enquiries, and provide advice face to face and over the phone while supporting colleagues. You will work Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, 37.5 hours per week, at a salary of £12.75 per hour.

This permanent role with Bupa focuses on person-centred care and helping residents live their best lives.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Receptionist with excellent customer service.
• You are friendly, approachable and well organised.
• You can build strong relationships with residents, families and teams.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the first point of contact for visitors to the home
• Managing new enquiries
• Providing advice and support face to face and over the phone
• Conducting show-arounds within the care home
• Supporting the Home Manager and Administrator with clerical duties
• Dealing with enquiries promptly and completing daily tasks

Skills

First point of contact

Customer service

Face-to-face & phone support

Ability to build relationships

Organised and approachable

Caring attitude

Job description

Bucknell Close, 39-41 Lode Lane, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2AF

Salary £12.75 per hour

Permanent Full Time position. 37.5 hours pw

Monday - Friday. 9am - 5pm

We make health happen Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

Job Description

Receptionist

Ardenlea Court Care Home, Bucknell Close, 39-41 Lode Lane, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2AF

Salary £12.75 per hour

Permanent Full Time position. 37.5 hours pw

Monday - Friday. 9am - 5pm

We make health happen Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

You’ll Help Us Make Health Happen By

• Acting as the first point of contact for all visitors to the home
• Taking responsibility for managing new enquiries
• Providing advice and support both face to face and over the phone
• Conducting show-arounds within the care home
• Supporting the Home Manager and Administrator with clerical duties such as maintaining paper work and filing
• Dealing with enquiries in a timely manner and ensuring daily and weekly tasks are completed

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role

You’ve worked as a Receptionist before with experience in providing excellent customer service, you'll have a friendly manner both face to face and over the phone. You’re approachable and organised and have the ability to build strong relationships with our residents, their families and internal teams. Dedicated and efficient with an ability to handle a varied workload, but importantly, your caring attitude underpins everything you do - to make a real difference to people’s lives.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest‑free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.

Time Type

Full time

Job Area

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations: Ardenlea Court