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Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
About
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 400,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of over 4,500 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC following their latest inspection in February 2017.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a busy and exciting acute Hospital which provides a full range of acute adult services, together with 24 hour accident and emergency care, specialist children’s services and a new state of the art cancer care centre. Uniquely Chesterfield Royal has a primary care division where we provide GP services to more than 30,000 patients in 5 locations across Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.
We have a huge variety of patients, with their own unique needs. We are PROUD of the great CARE we give our patients and their families; if you are looking for an NHS Trust that is small enough to CARE and large enough to be exciting Chesterfield Royal Hospital is the place for you.
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
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Outpatient Receptionist & Call Centre Clerk
Accepting applications until: 02-Dec-2024 08:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 02-Dec-2024 08:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- Address
- Calow
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Postcode
- S44 5BL
- Major / Minor Region
- Derbyshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Contract requires weekend working
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (Contract requires weekend working)
Salary
- Salary
- £23,615 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 2)
Specialty
- Main area
- Outpatients
Job overview
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
An opportunity has arisen for a Part Time vacancy 20hours a week, as an Outpatient Receptionist & Call Centre Clerk.
The successful candidates must be customer care focused, with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to welcome patients attending outpatient clinics and directing them efficiently to the correct department.
Excellent organisational skills and an ability to work under pressure are essential requirements together with great attention to detail for ensuring data is recorded accurately onto the patient administration system to manage the booking of designated follow up clinics.
The post holders will be given full training to enable them to work in different reception areas covered by the central team including a busy call centre.
The standard hours of work are between 08:00 – 18:00 Monday to Friday with a 1-hour lunch break.
Contract includes some weekend working.
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To provide a professional front of house and telephone service.
To provide an efficient and high quality service in the busy call centre, reporting any issues to supervisor/team leader.
To receive and process paper reconciliation slips efficiently and quickly whilst helping to maintain National and local standards.
To input and update the Trust’s PAS system, ensuring accurate patient computer records are maintained whilst achieving a high standard of data quality.
To arrange outpatient appointments in accordance with the agreed booking rules.
To keep up to date with organisational changes in order to provide a responsive and efficient service.
Maintain strict confidentiality at all times, relating to staff, patients and the Trusts operations.
Working for our organisation
Supporting our vision and values
Our Vision is to be a first-class provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care for our patients; and being a great place to work for our people. Our Proud to CARE philosophy supports this vision - and we all play a part in achieving it, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other.
As members of staff we will always:
COMPASSION – treating everyone with kindness – welcoming diversity and inclusion, considering individual needs; and challenging inappropriate behaviours outside of our values
AMBITION – Aspiring to be the best – reaching high standards, providing exceptional care and services; and achieving measurable improvements in people’s health and wellbeing
RESPECT – Valuing and appreciating everyone – listening, learning and acting on their experiences, being open and honest; and recognising that working with others brings benefits
ENCOURAGEMENT– Opportunities for all – supporting education and development, helping people to bring their improvement ideas to life and speak-up; and getting everyone involved in our future
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Education to GCSE standard (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous Telephone Experience
- Previous experience working with the general public
- Experience of accurate data input
- Proficient use of MS Office
- Experience of working in a team
- Previous Reception Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous Call Centre Experience
- Use of the PAS System
- Previous experience in a Healthcare environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good Organisation Skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to multitask effectively
Desirable criteria
- Problem solving skills
- Time management skills
- Demonstrate forward thinking
Documents
- Outpatient Receptionist & Call Centre Clerk (PDF, 992.4KB)
- Together as One - Our Strategy (PDF, 737.7KB)
- Together as One - Proud to CARE Values (PDF, 547.6KB)
- Welcome to our Proud to Care Team (PDF, 618.6KB)
- Wellbeing at Chesterfield Royal Hospital (PDF, 656.5KB)
- Applicant Guidance (PDF, 231.5KB)
- 10 Reasons to Choose Us (PDF, 262.4KB)
- Hello my name is....... (PDF, 113.9KB)
- We Work Here (PDF, 178.6KB)
- Our Full People Plan (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Our People Pan - Infographic (PDF, 878.6KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Mason-Lewis
- Job title
- Booking Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01246 513616
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