Job summary
Job Title: Ward Receptionist St Elizabeths Ward
Salary: up to £26,626 depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: 60 Grove End Road, London, NW8 9NH
We are looking for an experienced Ward Administrator to join our team at St Elizabeths Ward.
Main duties of the job
St Elizabeths a busy orthopaedic/surgical ward which was refurbished in 2018 to meet the increasing demands and expectations from patients. St Elizabeths has 16 patient rooms all with en-suite bathrooms. St Elizabeths ward has a vast turnover of patients as it also takes day surgery too so the rooms can be used more than once. It also at times has transfers from other wards, but we do try to stop this practice as it is not good for the patient pathway.
About us
Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What are the Responsibilities of this Ward Receptionist role?
- To prepare patient notes ready for the nurses to admit.
- To complete daily work hours and recharge templates.
- To ensure internal worked hours are completed daily and correctly by all staff.
- To file patient notes correctly.
- To carry out photocopying and printing patient post-operative leaflets.
- Printing the To Come In patient list and theatre list for the following day.
- Order stores and agency staff on Proactis.
- Printing off pathology results.
- Clear communication skills receiving phone calls for patients to go to theatre and to collect patients from recovery.
- To receive incoming telephone calls to the unit and take messages from all departments, taking action and communicate to the Nurse In Charge/Nurse effectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What are the Responsibilities of this Ward Receptionist role?
- To prepare patient notes ready for the nurses to admit.
- To complete daily work hours and recharge templates.
- To ensure internal worked hours are completed daily and correctly by all staff.
- To file patient notes correctly.
- To carry out photocopying and printing patient post-operative leaflets.
- Printing the To Come In patient list and theatre list for the following day.
- Order stores and agency staff on Proactis.
- Printing off pathology results.
- Clear communication skills receiving phone calls for patients to go to theatre and to collect patients from recovery.
- To receive incoming telephone calls to the unit and take messages from all departments, taking action and communicate to the Nurse In Charge/Nurse effectively.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Worked in a Hospital Environment.
- Experience of dealing with the public.
Desirable
- Previous Ward Receptionist experience.
- Experience of working within a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent standard of written and oral English.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Worked in a Hospital Environment.
- Experience of dealing with the public.
Desirable
- Previous Ward Receptionist experience.
- Experience of working within a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent standard of written and oral English.
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.
