Outpatients Booking Assistant

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• nhs experience
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

To provide an efficient, effective and positive reception service; to greet and welcome patients, visitors, members of the public and staff in a friendly, professional and courteous manner.
To answer telephones in accordance with departmental standards, ensuring that all telephones are answered and that all enquiries are dealt with in an efficient and courteous manner, to record any messages clearly and accurately delivered to them promptly.
To be responsible for the management of the medical records held in renal.
The role of the outpatient assistant is to serve as a contact for patients accessing our services. The role is therefore responsible for setting high standards of patient care by enacting the Trusts values at all times.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.