Job summary
- Main area
- Planned care
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 36 hours per week (Shifts can vary between 07:15 and 17:30.)
- Job ref
- 210-2025-224-A
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £24,169 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/04/2025
Employer heading
Jubilee Day Surgery Centre Receptionist
Band 2
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Part Time : 36 hours per week
6 Month Fixed Term.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to provide comprehensive reception service to the Countess of Chester Hospital, as directed by the Assistant Service Manager.
The successful candidate must be able to work using their own initiative, and also as part of a busy team. This position is based in the Jubilee Day Surgery Centre (JDSC) and is primarily a Monday to Friday job with the some flexibility required as part of the working rota.
Main duties of the job
- Uphold excellent standards in customer service, dealing with patient queries associated with the service.
- To be responsible for booking patients into pre-assessment clinics and admitting patients to JDSC Theatres whilst ensuring that all demographic information held on the hospital computer system and in the patients’ casenotes are correct.
- To input all attendances, outcomes and procedures onto the Meditech computer system.
- Respond to all enquiries telephone/visitors in a positive, tactful and helpful manner giving advice where necessary.
- To ensure administrative duties are carried out on a daily basis.
- Respond to all enquiries either on telephone or face-to-face in a positive, tactful and helpful manner giving advice where necessary.
- To ensure that notes are prepared for readily available for all planned attendances.
Working for our organisation
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Business Administration.
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- ECDL
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- The ability to prioritise work load, work on own initiative and work unsupervised.
- The ability to communicate and liaise with colleagues at all levels
- Willingness to undertake further training and personal development
- Excellent keyboard skills and computer literacy with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & Outlook
- Ability to set up and maintain both paper and electronic filing/administrative systems & diaries
- Previous experience of working in a similar environment
Desirable criteria
- A working knowledge of the Cerner EPR system would be advantageous
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nellie Kewley
- Job title
- Assistant Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244 362761
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