About this role
Job summary The role of a Weekend Admin Assistant at Barchester Healthcare's care home in Uckfield is pivotal in ensuring smooth operational support during weekends. This position requires an individual who can multitask effectively, manage administrative duties, and provide excellent customer service to residents, their families, and visitors. The vibrant environment at the care home is designed to offer a supportive and happy atmosphere, which this role contributes to significantly. Admin Assistants are at the heart of ensuring quality care and maintaining the excellent standards Barchester Healthcare is known for, and they receive opportunities for development and growth within their role.
Main duties of the job As a Weekend Admin Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of responsibilities to help us deliver the quality care and support our residents deserve. In this varied role, we'll need you to answer the phone, handle our files and support our managers. You'll also meet and greet visitors, engage with residents and show prospective clients and their families around so they can see what makes us so different. Across everything you do as an Admin Assistant here, you'll go out of your way to help us create a vibrant, happy environment. If you have the ability to multi-task, good computer skills and a confident telephone manner you could be well-suited to the Admin Assistant role with us. It's also really important that you're a people person you'll take a genuine interest in our residents and their families. If that sounds like you, we'll give you the opportunity to develop your skills with courses that have been designed to build your confidence across all your responsibilities.
About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading care home providers, committed to ensuring that each resident receives the highest quality of care in a comfortable and supportive environment. The company is known for its dedication to the well-being and happiness of every resident. Barchester prides itself on offering a variety of specialist services tailored to meet the needs of its residents and on providing a wide range of sector-leading benefits to its employees. With a strong focus on professional development, Barchester offers numerous training and career progression opportunities, ensuring its staff are well-equipped to deliver exceptional care.
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Weekend Admin Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of responsibilities to help us deliver the quality care and support our residents deserve. In this varied role, we'll need you to answer the phone, handle our files and support our managers. You'll also meet and greet visitors, engage with residents and show prospective clients and their families around so they can see what makes us so different. Across everything you do as an Admin Assistant here, you'll go out of your way to help us create a vibrant, happy environment.
ABOUT YOUIf you have the ability to multi-task, good computer skills and a confident telephone manner you could be well-suited to the Admin Assistant role with us. It's also really important that you're a people person you'll take a genuine interest in our residents and their families. If that sounds like you, we'll give you the opportunity to develop your skills with courses that have been designed to build your confidence across all your responsibilities.
REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'
And so much more!
If you'd like to use your administration and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Good computer skills, confident telephone manner, ability to multitask, strong 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 Barchester Healthcare
Address Barchester Healthcare
Uckfield
TN22 3FH
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)