Ward Receptionist

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Join Our Team as a Receptionist at Lindhurst Ward, Mansfield Community Hospital!

Are you ready to be the welcoming face of Lindhurst Ward at Mansfield Community Hospital? We're on the lookout for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Receptionist to become an essential part of our dedicated team.

As a Receptionist on Lindhurst Ward, you'll work closely with our Ward Leader, nursing staff, and all visitors. You'll also be a key part of the multidisciplinary team, collaborating with various healthcare professionals to ensure our patients receive the best care possible.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Greeting and assisting visitors to the ward with a warm and friendly demeanor.
  • Handling telephone inquiries professionally and efficiently.
  • Filing and organizing patient case notes to maintain their general tidiness.
  • Undertaking various clerical and reception duties vital to the smooth operation of the ward.

We will provide the successful candidate with a complete induction and support continuing development through yearly appraisals.

If you have the drive to provide an excellent patient experience and an enthusiasm for personal and service development within a clinical setting we are waiting to hear from you.

Join our team at Lindhurst Ward, Mansfield Community Hospital, and be part of a compassionate and dedicated healthcare community. Your contributions will make a real difference in the lives of our patients.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

About us

In May 2020, Kings Mill Hospital, was rated Outstanding by the CQC. Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital are both rated Good and all 15 of our services are rated Good for Safety with 5 Outstanding services. We know safe, patient centred care is delivered by well supported people and in 2018 and 2019 colleagues at Sherwood rated us the best Acute Trust in the Midlands. In 2019, in the Freedom to Speak Up Index, we were the top rated Acute Trust in the East Midlands.

In 2019 and 2020 we made the shortlist for HSJ Acute Trust of the Year.

We provide outstanding healthcare across the community to 500,000 people in Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We work with 5,000 colleagues in our three hospitals and have well established relationships with health and social care partners through the Mid Notts Integrated Care Partnership.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Date posted

22 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-5660756

Job locations

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Person Specification

Knowledge requirements

Essential

  • Basic keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of PAS and the NHS in general
  • Ordering processes
  • Knowledge of 18 week pathway Computer skills

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • Good standard of general education
  • Legible handwriting and filing skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous customer care and clerical experience
  • Team working
  • Good communication skills

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • Previous experience of working with people
  • Organisational skills
Person Specification

Knowledge requirements

Essential

  • Basic keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of PAS and the NHS in general
  • Ordering processes
  • Knowledge of 18 week pathway Computer skills

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • Good standard of general education
  • Legible handwriting and filing skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous customer care and clerical experience
  • Team working
  • Good communication skills

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • Previous experience of working with people
  • Organisational 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Leader

Nemone Briggs

nemone.briggs@nhs.net

01623622515

Date posted

22 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-5660756

Job locations

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


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