Job summary
- Main area
- Receptionist
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 24 hours per week (Wednesday - Friday 8:30 -17:00)
- Job ref
- 151-ES54
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley
- Salary
- £16,492 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
 
	
Receptionist
Band 2
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Paediatrics team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
In this key front-facing role, you will be responsible for welcoming patients and families as they arrive in the department, helping to create a friendly and supportive environment. You will also play an essential part in the smooth running of our busy daily clinics, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and to the high standards expected across the Trust.
The key responsibility will be to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all Trust staff including clinicians, nursing staff and Directorate administration staff to provide an accurate, efficient, professional, and seamless service to patients and visitors.
Main duties of the job
Welcoming and checking in patients upon arrival, accurately verifying and updating their demographic information on the Trust’s patient management system.
Providing timely and courteous assistance with general enquiries from patients and healthcare professionals, ensuring effective communication and support.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of written and spoken English
- Good all-round Secondary Education including GSCE English or equivalent.
- Good IT skills. Microsoft packages including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Used to a busy environment
- Working with the public
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good administrative skills, organised and methodical, with good attention to detail including spelling, grammar, and accuracy
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Able to remain calm under pressure when working in a busy environment
- Ability to work on own initiative, and as part of a team, self-motivated, flexible approach
- Adaptable, receptive to change, respond well to new challenges.
- Organised, Friendly and helpful
Desirable criteria
- Ability to multi-task, manage own time, and prioritise workload effectively
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
- Charisse Hardy
- Job title
- Outpatients & Bookings team leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006 132 550
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