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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
We provide high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in peoples homes and in over 200 hospitals, health centres and clinics. We provide services for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services.
Band 2 Receptionist
Accepting applications until: 04-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 04-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Moseley Hall Hospital
- Address
- Old Hall, Alcester Rd
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B13 8JL
- Major / Minor Region
- Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (14:00 - 22:00)
Salary
- Salary
- £23,615 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 2)
Specialty
- Main area
- Administration
- Interview date
- 13/12/2024
Job overview
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
We are looking to appoint one Facilities Receptionist - (Part-Time) within our Facilities team at BCHC Foundation Trust. The vacancy will be based at Moseley Hall Hospital.
You will receive a comprehensive training package and support, working with the team, the team leader and your line manager.
We are looking for forward thinking and innovative individuals with a passion for helping others in an organisation dedicated to making people well.
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To provide a professional, effective, and comprehensive reception service to all service users at Trust and non-Trust sites (where required).
The post holder will have responsibility for ensuring good public relations by maintaining a professional first point of contact to all visitors.
The post holder will provide a front-line customer focused reception service, ensuring that the needs of staff, patients and visitors are always met.
The post holder will be expected to a range of clerical tasks.
Working for our organisation
Equal Opportunities
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from people irrespective of age, gender, race and disability.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To receive all patients/clients/visitors to the Centre/Clinic in a courteous and welcoming manner directing them to the appropriate room/department. To be aware of times patients/clients/visitors are waiting and inform departments/clinicians as appropriate.
· To answer queries from patients/clients/visitors, their relations, or carers both face to face and on the telephone, seeking advice from the professional staff where appropriate. This requires the post holder to maintain a working knowledge of Trust services and where they can be accessed.
· Liaise with staff and security to ensure cars are parked in designated areas only outside Main Reception parking area, including operation of the barrier entry system.
· To monitor and operate CCTV cameras alerting security to potential issues.
· To be responsible for the issue of temporary control fobs/swipe cards for authorised personnel e.g. Doctors, Bank and Agency Workers, and highlighting any concerns to management.
· To book transport and collection of bloods and samples from Moseley Hall Hospital Reception to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
· To keep a log of jobs for Porters and assign jobs to porters via handheld radio ensuring the radios are kept fully charged.
· To provide cover for Switchboard on an ad hoc basis.
· To ensure that reception area is maintained in a clean and tidy state and that reception walkways are clear of obstructions and following the clear desk policy.
· To maintain day to day functioning of the photocopier and undertake photocopying and printing as required e.g. printing of Reception Rota.
· To print and display the Room Booking entries for meeting rooms on a daily basis.
· To maintain key cabinets, ensuring all keys are clearly labelled and signed in and out.
· To receive and sort internal and external post redirecting mails as appropriate.
· To receive and log special and recorded delivery items, contacting relevant staff and departments to arrange for collection.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- GCSE English & Maths or equivalent
- Word Processing Qualification RSA I/II or equivalent
- IT literacy – use of MS Office Packages including Word, Email, Internet, Excel and Access
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Knowledge of databases and spread sheets and able to input information accurately.
- Ability to maintain office based systems, i.e. filing, ordering and recording.
Guidance
Essential criteria
- Team Player
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chukwuebuka Nwachukwu (Chewy)
- Job title
- Manager for Portering, Reception and Switchboard
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07547 671695
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