Dental Receptionist/Administration Assistant

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Community & Special Care Dentistry are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to join a multidisciplinary, forward looking team based at Wheata Dental Clinic.
You will provide comprehensive reception and administrative support to the dental team and need to be a confident communicator with a good telephone manner, being able to prioritise a varied workload and be IT proficient.
You will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the reception areas; having knowledge of the range of reception and clerical procedures and internal software programmes, maintaining efficient support to the multi-disciplinary dental team.
Receive and make appointments for clients attending the dental clinic using a computerised dental system.
Provide administrative support which may include taking and typing clinic meeting minutes, monitoring spreadsheets to produce information for the services management team, monitor shared mailboxes and taking action as required.
Please note this advertisement can be appointed as either a full time or part time opportunity.
Community & Special Care Dentistry are the main provider of special care dentistry in Sheffield. The service provides dental care in community settings for children and adults who have difficulty accessing dental treatment in general dental practice or who require special care dentistry on a referral basis.
The department work closely with the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital across the primary-secondary interface in the provision of consultant led services on referral, including in-reach specialist care within the hospital. We also support undergraduate dental students, foundation dentists, clinicians, senior clinicians and specialists in the delivery of dental care and have wide experience and knowledge of the clinical working environment and current practices/challenges in order to maintain and utilise an appropriately skilled team of dental care professionals to support service delivery.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
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