Ward Receptionist

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Guildford is looking for a dedicated receptionist to join their medicine ward team. You'll provide essential administrative support and ensure high-quality service delivery. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and be friendly, hardworking, and IT proficient. This role offers flexible shifts from Monday to Friday in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Professional development opportunities

Flexible shifts

Qualifications

• Flexible, enthusiastic, and committed personality.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Experience covering duties during staff shortages.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality reception services for the Trust.
• Answer phone calls and provide clerical support.
• Organize workload according to departmental demands.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Friendly and hardworking

Good IT skills

Happy to help others

Job description

We are looking for flexible, enthusiastic, committed and hardworking person to join our medicine ward Reception team. This environment will provide successful candidates with opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge on our busy medicine wards. Motivated candidates will be supported to work with the clinical teams providing administrative and clerical support to the medical staff.

Main duties will be to answer the telephone, to provide administrative and clerical support and carry out general reception duties.

Suitable Candidates Will Ideally Have

Excellent communication skills

Friendly and hardworking

Good IT skills

Happy to help others

This is a substantive position offering flexible shifts providing Annual leave and Sickness cover. This is for evening shifts from Monday to Friday 3pm-7pm or 3.30pm - 3.30pm across all of the medicine wards.

To provide high quality reception services for the Trust and, maintaining the highest standards of service delivery and Customer Care, act as a first point of contact to patients, relatives or other members of the public.

The post holder is expected to organise their workload in accordance with the demands of the Department.

To co-ordinate his/her activities to ensure efficiency of service within the organisation. He/she should exercise initiative and it is vital that confidentiality is maintained at all times.

He/she cover other receptionists duties when applicable due to staff shortage/sickness/annual leave.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Asha Gurung Job title: Receptionist Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01483 571122

If you require any further information please contact Asha Gurung – Receptionist Team Lead for Medicine on 01483 571122 Ext 4076