Job summary
- Main area
- Sandra Chapman Centre, Division of Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 16 hours per week (Mix of days between Monday-Friday)
- Job ref
- 177-EMER-7488148
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- James Paget University Hospitals
- Town
- Great Yarmouth
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/11/2025 08:00
Employer heading
 
	
Receptionist
NHS AfC: Band 2
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
To provide a full reception service to outpatient clinics, ensuring all patient information, referrals and appointments are appropriately processed within Trust guidelines. The successful candidate will be based in the Sandra Chapman Centre.
To offer the highest standard of customer care to patients, visitors and other service users, adhering to Departmental guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures and the Trust’s values and behaviours.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide the first point of contact for patients, relatives and carers arriving for an outpatient appointment, presenting a professional, calm and confident manner in line with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours.
2. To provide a full reception service to the outpatient clinic including, but not limited to:
- Maintaining accurate information and patient demographics within Trust PAS system
- Supporting clinical staff in ensuring the Trust meets accessible information standards for patients with communication difficulties
- Ensuring patient’s arrival and departure times are electronically captured
- Distribution, collation and inputting of clinic outcomes
- Book future appointments and recording of non-attendances
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 4 GCSE's grade D or above including mathematics and English or equivalent e.g. level 2 literacy and numeracy qualifications
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 2 in Customer Care or administration experience including recent face to face working with the general public
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Basic knowledge of the Receptionist role (ideally within a healthcare setting)
- Knowledge of the importance of confidentiality and data protection issues in a healthcare environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with the general public
- Experience of working with clinical teams
- Experience of working with NHS IT systems
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good keyboard/IT skills, along with good literacy and numeracy, to have the ability to accurately input data
- Good organisational/time management skills with the ability to demonstrate initiative when balancing work demands
- Ability to work in a pressurised working environment with frequent interruptions, which often involves multitasking
- Good communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with patients, relatives and other staff groups
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Accurate document presentation and attention to detail
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service including weekends/Bank Holidays as required, covering for annual leave and sickness and adapt to different working practices/areas of work
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Megan Mackleworth
- Job title
- Business Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493 452850
- Additional information
- Alternatively please contact Amie Ogilvie, Admin Team Lead [email protected] 
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