Receptionist/Administrator - Adult Care Community
Band 2
Main area AdministrationGrade Band 2Contract PermanentHours Full time - hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)Job ref -ACC-2--A Site St Andrews HouseTown DerbySalary £, paSalary period YearlyClosing //5 :
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
We are looking for a suitably-experienced and motivated person to join our Adult Community Mental Health Teams reception, based at St Andrews House. As a receptionist/ team admin support you will assist in the delivery of a wide range of services to the local community.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly-motivated, friendly, outgoing, reliable and flexible person to join our receptionist/admin support team.
Applicants will need the confidence and experience to be able to deliver a high-quality, front-of-house reception/admin support service, including the greeting of clients to our premises, dealing with a wide range of telephone callers and working as part of a team delivering an excellent support service.
Experience of multi-tasking in a busy office environment is preferable.
We are looking for a team player with a pleasant welcoming manner and the ability to prioritise conflicting workload demands.
You will have good communication and organisational skills, together with IT skills (Word and Outlook essential), to be able to work with the general public both in person and on the telephone in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you!
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Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of making a positive difference in people's lives.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD overall, commenting on how our colleagues treated patients with compassion and kindness and felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
Benefits include:
1. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
2. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years service pro rata.
3. Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
4. Generous NHS pension scheme
5. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
6. Health service discounts and online benefits
7. Incremental pay progression
8. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
9. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
10. Health and wellbeing opportunities
11. Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Essential
12. Non-judgemental/positive attitude towards service users and carers
Essential
13. Ability to accurately input data
14. Experience of using Microsoft computer packages
15. Experience of dealing with telephone enquiries
Desirable
16. Previous Clerical/Administration experience
17. Previous 'front of house' experience
18. Previous clinical team experience
Skills
Essential
19. Good standard of spelling and grammatical accuracy
20. Ability to type to RSA I standard (or demonstrable experience)
21. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
22. Ability to work as part of a team
23. Ability to prioritise and work to the required standards within defined time limits
Qualifications/Training
Essential
24. OCR/RSA I Type-writing or Word Processing or equivalent Typing qualification or demonstrable experience (typing test)
25. GCSE English Grade C or equivalent (evidence required)
Desirable
26. ECDL / CLAIT / IT Qualification / or demonstrable experience
27. Customer Care training
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
28. RSA II Typing/Word Processing or equivalent qualification or recent equivalent level of demonstrable experience (typing test if not)
29. English Language – GCSE Grade C or equivalent qualification
30. Good standard of spelling and grammatical accuracy
Desirable criteria
31. CLAIT or equivalent IT qualification
Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
32. Recent, relevant experience working in an office and front of house
33. Organise and prioritise workload
34. Diary management
35. Organisational and Comunication Skills/interpersonal skills
36. Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook
37. Telephone manner/discretion dealing with sensitive information
38. Team work
39. Trust Values
Desirable criteria
40. Empathy
41. Use of electronic patient records, ie Paris/Systm one
42. NHS experience
43. Sense of humour
Further details / informal visits contact
NameSarah PriceJob titleService ManagerEmail number0 4
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