Receptionist/Admin Assistant

Job summary

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We have an fantastic opportunity for a Receptionist/Admin Assistant to join our Community Mental Health Team at Hynca Lodge within the directorate of Adult Mental Health.

The post is very varied and involves reception cover, taking telephone calls, inputting data, booking patient appointments and providing admin support.

Hynca Lodge is a Community Mental Health Team base supporting older people with mental health difficultiescovering Hinckley, Bosworth and North West Leicestershire We also host other services such as Physiotherapy, Learning Disability, Audiology, Health Visitors and Heart Nurses.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages
• Health and Wellbeing Support

Main duties of the job

The post involves Reception cover, including front of house cover.

Other duties include maintaining records; reporting Estates issues; testing and documenting alarm systems; scanning and typing of letters; photocopying; emails, telephone calls.

The ideal candidate will have a "can do" attitude and flexibility to cover colleagues, and sometimes provide cover at alternative bases.

You'll need to remain calm under pressure and be able to prioritise, and there will be contact with patients and relatives and members of the public.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Hynca Lodge

St. Francis Close

Hinckley

Leicestershire

LE10 0EW

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

---

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Hynca Lodge

St. Francis Close

Hinckley

Leicestershire

LE10 0EW

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

---