South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Receptionist

The closing date is 16 December 2025

Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to University Hospitals Tees Group (South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust/NTH Solutions). If you are not currently working within these trusts your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

The post holder will provide a high quality reception service to patients attending outpatient clinics as well as maintaining an effective appointments system. Main duties will be to greet patients and arrange their further appointments as instructed by the clinical staff. You will be dealing with a wide range of enquires on a face to face basis as week as over the telephone and you will obtain and update patient information using the main hospital computer system (ECaMIS)

Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate will need excellent customer care skills to deal with all people in a pleasant, polite and effective manner. Computer skills are required and you should have a good standard of numeracy and literacy. You must be able to think through problems using your own initiative. Commitment to work as part of a departmental team is very important. The workload is busy and physical and you will be expected to work with speed and of course accuracy at all times.

Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:o Your Leadership Impacto Service Improvement for Beginners

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Details

Date posted

03 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per annum (Pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-CP-7364612

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent experience
  • NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Typing Qualification
  • IT Qualification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Understanding of clerical processes

Desirable

  • Knowledge of hospital patient administration system

EXPERIENCE

Desirable

  • Healthcare / NHS Trust experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent experience
  • NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Typing Qualification
  • IT Qualification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Understanding of clerical processes

Desirable

  • Knowledge of hospital patient administration system

EXPERIENCE

Desirable

  • Healthcare / NHS Trust experience

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

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Manager

Alison Hebden-Burke

Alison.hebden-burke@nhs.net

01642850850

Details

Date posted

03 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per annum (Pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-CP-7364612

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


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