Ward Clerk & Reception Team Lead

Ward Clerk & Reception Team Lead/Spire Leicester/Gartree/Full Time/Excellent Benefits

Spire Leicester Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Ward Clerk & Reception Team Lead to join the team on a permanent full time basis.

"Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services."

Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Duties and responsibilities

The Team Leader will manage the hospital receptions, ensuring an exemplary level of high customer service to all patients, consultants and hospital teams, that meets and strives to exceed all our customer's expectations, presenting a high standard of personal appearance together with total confidentiality in every aspect of work at all times.

• Responsible for the overall management and day-to-day supervision of the hospital receptions
• Effectively manage departmental staff, including resolving any performance issues, ensuring adequate staffing levels at all times
• Welcoming, registering and directing patients, consultants and hospital teams as required, in a proactive, warm, professional and caring manner and in such a way as to provide confidence and exceed customers' expectations
• Admitting patients to their room in accordance with hospital procedures, providing information as appropriate
• Processing in-patient/out-patient charges, including the accurate collection of credit card details both over the phone and face to face
• Supporting inpatient bookings by entering inpatient/day cases onto computer system
• Responsibility for admission lists, including allocation of admissions. Liaising with nursing staff as appropriate
• Admission/Discharge of patients onto computer system ensuring accuracy of all information
• Manage the hospital switchboard in a professional and efficient manner, ensuring all calls or enquires are responded to in a timely manner
• Undertake various clerical duties including checking of bed status reports, ordering and distribution of newspapers, issuing badges for visitors, booking taxis

Who we're looking for:

• Experience of working on a reception or in a similar customer facing environment
• Excellent communication skills, along with being organised
• Basic knowledge of hospital systems (or similar), including processes and procedures
• Confident telephone manner with the ability to communicate with a wide range of customers at all levels
• Supervisory experience

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all.

Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications