Job summary
- Main area
- A&M
- Grade
- AfC Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-AGB-EMF18877-B2
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £25,768 (per annum) pro-rata includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Ward Receptionist
AfC Band 2
Job overview
We are looking for flexible, enthusiastic, committed and hardworking person to join our medicine ward Reception team. This environment will provide successful candidates with opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge on our busy medicine wards. Motivated candidates will be supported to work with the clinical teams providing administrative and clerical support to the medical staff.
Main duties will be to answer the telephone, to provide administrative and clerical support and carry out general reception duties.
Suitable candidates will ideally have:
Excellent communication skills
Friendly and hardworking
Good IT skills
Happy to help others
This is a substantive position offering flexible shifts providing Annual leave and Sickness cover. This is for evening shifts from Monday to Friday 3pm-7pm or 3.30pm - 3.30pm across all of the medicine wards.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality reception services for the Trust and, maintaining the highest standards of service delivery and Customer Care, act as a first point of contact to patients, relatives or other members of the public.
The post holder is expected to organise their workload in accordance with the demands of the Department.
To co-ordinate his/her activities to ensure efficiency of service within the organisation. He/she should exercise initiative and it is vital that confidentiality is maintained at all times.
He/she cover other receptionists duties when applicable due to staff shortage/sickness/annual leave.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide full administrative and clerical support to the ward team and medical staff. To be a full member of the ward team, and assist in the smooth running of the ward. The role is to be agreed with the ward manager to meet the needs of the service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education
Desirable criteria
- Grade C or above GCSE/equivalent
- English language
- Basic food hygiene certificate
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in a reception or other customer-facing role
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Asha Gurung
- Job title
- Receptionist Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
- Additional information
If you require any further information please contact Asha Gurung – Receptionist Team Lead for Medicine on 01483 571122 Ext 4076
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