Ward Receptionist | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a Ward Receptionist to join a diverse and motivated team that are dedicated to the development of skills and the delivery of high quality safe care. The post is on Lawrence Ward City Hospital, with rotation to other maternity wards

As the Ward Receptionist, you will often be the first point of contact for patients and visitors when entering the ward so a friendly, welcoming smile and excellent communication skills are essential.

As a caring and positive person, you will need to be able to work as part of an established team, have the ability to work flexibly and be committed to ensuring the smooth running of reception.

We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, content with working in a busy environment and who has good time management skills.

You must have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. It is essential that you act professionally at all times.

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Tasks will include but not be limited to fulfilling all necessary reception, clerical, administrative and general tasks required to facilitate and record patient information using technology systems. Staff are expected to be courteous and considerate at all times and have excellent customer care skills.

After appropriate training, the post holder will be required to utilise the hospital Medway PAS computer system to capture and update necessary data, and to use the case note tracing system to accurately record the movement of paper based health records.

The role requires close liaison with other services within NUH and the provision of a courteous, reliable and quality consumer service to patients, relatives and carers, healthcare professionals, internal departments and outside organisations

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

This role involves the maintenance of patient records, liaising and communicating with the multidisciplinary team, patients and families, maintaining and upholding Trust values including following policies and procedures and supporting the ward area with general duties to maintain standards including health and safety and infection prevention.

This advert closes on Sunday 24 Nov 2024