Receptionist - Bank - Care Home

Integrated Care System; Sydenham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Bank Receptionist at Barchester care home, you will be the welcoming face that helps create a positive environment for residents and visitors. This role involves managing reception duties, answering calls, and assisting with administrative tasks, all while fostering a friendly atmosphere. With no formal qualifications needed, this flexible role offers development opportunities in a leading healthcare organization committed to professional growth.

Benefits

Free learning and development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required but strong communication skills necessary.
• Good telephone manner essential for the role.
• Professional, caring, and courteous disposition needed.

Responsibilities

• Greet visitors and manage the reception area.
• Answer phone calls and show prospective residents around.
• Carry out administrative tasks as needed.

Skills

Communication

Telephone Manner

Organization

Job description

As a Bank Receptionist at a Barchester care home, you'll provide the warm welcome that helps to make sure every resident and visitor feels at home with us. As the first point of contact for almost everyone who comes to the home, you'll have a vitally important part to play in creating a positive and friendly environment. The role of Receptionist with us is very varied, including answering phone calls, greeting visitors, managing the reception area, and showing prospective residents and their families around.

Main duties of the job

You'll need to be professional, caring, courteous and well organised to join us as a Receptionist. You'll take a real interest in our residents and go out of your way to make every visitor feel at home. No formal qualifications are required but you will need a good telephone manner and strong communication skills. As well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, taking the growth of everyone who works for them seriously. They offer a rewarding place to work, using your administration and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Receptionist at a Barchester care home, you'll provide the warm welcome that helps to make sure every resident and visitor feels at home with us. As the first point of contact for almost everyone who comes to the home, you'll have a vitally important part to play in creating a positive and friendly environment. The role of Receptionist with us is very varied. You can expect to answer phone calls, greet visitors, manage the reception area and show prospective residents and their families around. We might also need you to carry out some administrative tasks, like typing, photocopying and filing.

ABOUT YOUYou'll need to be professional, caring, courteous and well organised to join us as a Receptionist. You'll take a real interest in our residents and go out of your way to make every visitor feel at home. No formal qualifications are required but you will need a good telephone manner and strong communication skills.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications are required, but you will need a good telephone manner and strong communication skills.

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.