Weekend Receptionist

NHS; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care home provider as a Weekend Receptionist, where you'll be the first point of contact for residents and visitors. Your role involves greeting guests, managing calls, and performing administrative tasks in a warm and welcoming environment. This position offers a chance to make a positive impact on people's lives while enjoying a competitive rewards package.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required but strong communication skills needed.
• Good telephone manner is essential.

Responsibilities

• Answer phone calls and greet visitors.
• Manage the reception area and show prospective residents around.
• Carry out administrative tasks like typing and filing.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Job description

As a Weekend Receptionist at Barchester care home, you'll provide a warm welcome and friendly environment for residents and visitors. Your role will involve answering calls, greeting people, managing the reception area, and some administrative tasks. You'll need excellent communication skills and a caring, professional approach to join this rewarding team.

Main duties of the job

As a Weekend Receptionist at our 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 us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, dedicated to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. With a focus on creating a warm, welcoming environment, Barchester aims to ensure every resident and visitor feels at home. The organisation offers a competitive rewards package and opportunities for professional development.

Job responsibilities

About the role As a Weekend Receptionist at our 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 you 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.

Rewards package As well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your benefits include:

• Free learning and development
• Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme

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.