Outpatients Receptionist

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.

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

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

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

Qualifications

Essential: - GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent experience; - NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential: - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; - Understanding of clerical processes; - Efficient and accurate word processing skills

Experience

Essential: - Knowledge of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and power point, e-mail and internet.