Receptionist / Medical Clerical Assistant

Job summary

This post of Receptionist/ Medical Clerical Assistant involves moving through several different areas within the department and will also involve working early and late shifts on a rotational basis. Post holders will be expected to become fully conversant with all aspects of these different roles and be able to act as mentor to new staff in their training.

Main duties of the job

We have a vacancy for a full time Receptionist / Medical Clerical Assistant to work in our friendly supportive team in the Neuroradiology Department at St George's Hospital. This post covers a range of duties within Neuroradiology including reception, dealing with queries, both face to face and on the telephone, general office work, copying of images in CD and electronic format and computer housekeeping.

Applicants should be good team workers, adaptable with plenty of common sense.

The department is computerised so VDU skills are essential. We are looking for friendly, mature people with good communications skills who are quick learners.

Post holders will be required to cover both early and late shifts on a rotational basis. Post holders will be required to wear Trust uniform.

Applicants should have at least 2 years recent relevant office experience, including reception duties.

The job requires you to do early shifts 7am to 3pm, late shifts 12 noon to 8pm and shifts at the weekend 8am to 4pm.

Please note this vacancy will close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received. Please note that all short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, and applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

About us

With nearly9,000 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.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.