About this role
Job summary
This is a part time post and you will be expected to work weekends and Bank Holidays covering night shifts from 10pm to 6am.
Would you like to apply your people skills to build a career in customer service?
Our reception team at Hinchingbrooke Hospital is happy to welcome a Night time Receptionist/Switchboard Operator to join our friendly and supportive main reception team.
You will be an integral part of the main entrance area hub team providing an essential service to the Trust by being the first point of contact with our staff, patients and visitors. You will deliver switchboard services, answer and connect calls as well as dealing with caller's requests and enquiries.
You will have customer service experience, excellent communication skills and telephone manner dealing with calls in a tactful, diplomatic and courteous manner at all times, demonstrating good interpersonal and organisational skills, even when working under pressure. You will have a flexible approach in ensuring the needs of patients and visitors are met.
In exchange for your services, we will offer comprehensive training for your personal and professional development. You will receive enhanced rates when working unsocial and enhanced hours.
Join the team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and help improve our services!
Main duties of the job
You will provide a front-line telephony and reception services for the Trust, ensuring customers are dealt with in a helpful, courteous and efficient manner. You will manage telephone enquiries from health and social care professionals and the general public while accurately recording and delivering messages as required.
As the first point of contact for patients and visitors to the Trust, you will deliver a high standard of customer care directing visitors, chasing up patients transport, handing out keys, changing batteries in bleeps, signing in of visitors, validating car parking tokens, handing out accommodation packages with keys.
You will maintain professional relationships with other agencies, e.g.; Neighbourhood Services, Police, Probation Service, Education, PALS, Benefits, Voluntary Services, etc
About us
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualification Essential
3 GCSE or Equivalent Experience
Experience Essential
Customer Service Experience
Desirable
Previous experience in a Hospital Trust environment
Skills and Abilities Essential
Accurate keyboard skills Good telephone manner with clear diction Ability to remain calm and work in a busy environment Can effectively prioritise and co-ordinate own work Relentless in ensuring team's focus on best patient experience and best patient outcomes Excellent interpersonal skills
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 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Address Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Hinchingbrooke Park
Huntingdon
PE29 6NT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)