Job summary
Do you enjoy working in a busy and varied environment? We are looking for enthusiastic individual to join our Reception function on a bank contract at our Make Ready Centre in Bredgar Road Gillingham.
This purpose built building is home to 111 call taker colleagues, Emergency Operations Centre (999) colleagues and our Medway Operational Unit. This is the first Ambulance Centre in the Country to bring all of these three exciting functions together under one roof.
If you have excellent customer service and reception skills, and enjoy meeting people, then you will enjoy the challenge of working as part of this busy team.
Reception is open Monday to Friday 08.00 am to 17.00 pm . Please note this is a bank contract, meaning you will be asked to work as and when required.
Main duties of the job
As the first point of contact to the main entrance to the building, you will greet colleagues and visitors ensuring they are signposted appropriately and security/health & safety requirements are met. You will deal with postal deliveries and couriers, and monitor the entry gates to the building, identifying all internal and external callers. You will be able to work on your own initiative as well as working within a large team, to manage tasks to ensure the front reception area runs smoothly.
About us
- NHS employees will be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme
- A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing with service.
- Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
- Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
- Access to our award-winning Wellbeing services
- Access to occupational health and counselling services.
- Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- greeting colleagues and visitors and signposting them to the correct floor/department
- dealing with all internal and external post
- dealing with all courier and ad hoc deliveries
- flagging any estates related/facilities issues
Job description
Job responsibilities
- greeting colleagues and visitors and signposting them to the correct floor/department
- dealing with all internal and external post
- dealing with all courier and ad hoc deliveries
- flagging any estates related/facilities issues
Person Specification
Interview
Essential
Desirable
- Customer Service Experience
Interview
Essential
- Previous Experience of working in a large Team
Desirable
- Working in a front facing environment
Person Specification
Interview
Essential
Desirable
- Customer Service Experience
Interview
Essential
- Previous Experience of working in a large Team
Desirable
- Working in a front facing environment
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
