Job summary
- Main area
- 203270 Penrith Urgent Treatment Centre
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: To be able to work a rota covering 8.00-22.00 7 days a week. Differing shift lengths
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7469242
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Penrith Hospital, UTC
- Town
- Penrith
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Urgent Treatment Centre Receptionist (Penrith)
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
UTC Receptionist, Emergency Care, Penrith Hospital, Penrith
Based at the Urgent Treatment Centre, Penrith; a self-motivated Receptionist/Administrative Assistant is required to join the Emergency Care Team, supporting clinical staff.
Essentially, you will have good IT knowledge and be able to demonstrate a high degree of customer care skills. It is essential that you can apply good judgement skills while under pressure and be able to empathise with our patients. Experience of working in a healthcare setting would therefore be desirable, but not essential.
You must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be able to work as a team player, but have the ability to work on your own initiative, under pressure whilst remaining calm.
You must be able to assist in covering a 7 day a week rota, between 8.00 and 22.00. There may be an occasional need for cross site working at our Keswick UTC site also. Shifts are either 08.00-15.00 or 15.00-22.00.
Currently there is a 19.5 hour post and a 26 hour post on offer.
Main duties of the job
Provide an efficient service for the reception of patients and their relatives and aid in the smooth running of the Urgent Treatment Centre and Scheduled Care Unit. There will be a requirement to assist nursing staff with non-nursing duties, whilst dealing with enquiries from patients, medical staff and the general public.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English Language and Maths (minimum C grade) or equivalent
- NVQ 3 in Customer Care and/or Administration.
Desirable criteria
- Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Patient confidentiality.
- Equality issues.
- Office/reception employment
- Use of a computer – proven IT skills
- Data input to a high level of accuracy.
Desirable criteria
- Data Protection Act
- Medical terminology.
- Reception duties. Previously worked in a healthcare environment
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Good observation skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be able to work under pressure.
- Able to work as part of a team.
- Be able to work on your own.
- Able to make decisions.
Desirable criteria
- Problem solving and ability to multi task
- Time management skills
- Work to tight deadlines in a professional manner
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Empathy.
- Motivation.
- Enthusiasm.
- Conflict resolution skills
- To be able to provide shift cover on a rota system.
- Flexible over working hours
- To be able to cover at short notice for colleagues absences.
- Act in ways that support equality and value diversity
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Zoe Rigg
- Job title
- UTC Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01768 245569
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