Day Surgery Receptionist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Day Surgery Unit at St George's Hospital for a Receptionist to join our friendly & welcoming team.

We are currently recruiting for a Full time (37.5 hours)Receptionist within our Day Surgery unit at St Georges hospital. The post holder will be required to work Monday- Friday (potential/occasional Saturdays) working an variable shift patterns of 07:00 to 15:00, 08:00 to 16:00, 09:00 to 17:00, 10:00 to 18:00, 11:00 to 19:00, or 12:00 to 20:00.

The post holder will be required to cross cover within our Pre-operative Assessment unit within St Georges Hospital when needed. And maybe required to cross cover within our Day surgery unit at Queen Mary's HospitalRoehampton.

Within the day surgery unit we operate on all types of patients and it is the receptionists responsibility to ensure the the patient's administrative work up is prepared prior to them going in for surgery.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with great communication and organisational skills to join our growing team. And we look forward to welcoming the successful candidate into our busy Day surgery unit.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support Theatres and Anaesthetics Management to ensure the provision of an efficient, focused administration service and to organise and plan work across the range of administrative functions that underpin the delivery of the Day Surgery unit and POA Willows Unit.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.