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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity cover)
Hours
Part time - 24 hours per week (Reception is covered 7 days a week including bank holidays 7am – 9pm)
Job ref
351-PEN915-TG
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pendle view Royal Blackburn Hospital
Town
Blackburn
Salary
£23,615 Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Agile Receptionist

Band 2

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

We are currently looking for an Agile Receptionist who excels in customer service, has strong communication skills and team spirit to work on a busy mental health in-patient reception, based at Pendleview Unit, Royal Blackburn Hospital. 

Hours of work are 24 hours per week – on a rota basis – Reception is covered 7 days a week including bank holidays 7am – 9pm, enhanced pay applies. 

The role requires organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload, and requires being able to travel to different sites in order to provide agile cover.  

Experience of Microsoft Word & Excel is essential – training for in house systems will be given.  

You will be meeting and greeting visitors and service users, dealing with telephone calls, issuing swipes and alarms to staff/visitors, dealing with the post along with other general office duties. 

This is a fixed term contract for 9 months to cover maternity leave.

Main duties of the job

  • To communicate with staff, service users and visitors on potentially difficult, sensitive and complex issues. This will require a level of negotiating, empathy and reassurance skills 
  • To maintain a high standard and professional reception service within base and locality 
  • To maintain effective working relationships with staff at all levels, internal and external across the whole health economy 
  • Resolve day-to-day basic operational and administrative problems relating to reception and building governance with the support and guidance of the Locality Reception 
  • Participate in the reception rota to ensure a reception service is available throughout the locality.

  • To cover during extended opening hours were applicable

  • To provide a meet and greet service to service users, carers, staff and members of the public. 

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

For more information, please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for more details on this role.

Any questions please contact Sophie Southworth-Bridge, Reception Coordinator, on 0777 945 6145.  

Person specification

Education and qualifia

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 2 in Customer Care – or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of administrative systems and processes

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in customer services or administration

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to make decisions and solve routine problems
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Organised with the ability to respond to changing priorities

Other

Essential criteria
  • Required to travel to different locations within the network/Trust

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sophie Southworth-Bridge
Job title
Recruitment manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0777 945 6145
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