# Emergency Department Receptionist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Lanarkshire. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/emergency-department-receptionist/231c6e7c-4362-431e-aa0b-d44a3a585ba8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/emergency-department-receptionist/231c6e7c-4362-431e-aa0b-d44a3a585ba8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Lanarkshire - **Town:** Glasgow - **Region:** West of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £29,103 - £31,409 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term or Secondment - **Employment type:** Part time - **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T08:33:06.502Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=257146 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=257146 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 246748 - Salary: Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409) - Job closing date: 05/06/2026 - Job Type: Administrative Services - Location: University Hospital Hairmyres - Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment - Hours Per Week: 4 - Job posted date: 29/05/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire - Department: Medical Records Department About The Organisation Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas. The Role The Emergency Department Receptionist is required to provide a comprehensive reception service within the Acute Emergency Department ensuring patients are admitted to the department, efficiently and accurately recording demographics, details of injury/illness, providing a high level of customer care. The post holder will also liaise closely with the Emergency Department clinical and nursing team, supporting them and ensuring nursing staff are informed if a patient is in obvious distress. The post holder will also liaise closely with the Scottish Ambulance Service; and other relevant departments to ensure an efficient and effective service provision. As a first point of contact, you will provide a friendly, respectful and efficient service to patients, relatives and visitors either face to face or by telephone and will receive patient enquiry calls for the hospital, answering and re-directing as necessary. You will undertake the scanning process for Emergency Department paper records, to ensure good data quality of the scanned electronic patient record. The working pattern for this role is 4pm to 8pm - Friday evening Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post. In this key role, you will: - Ensure positive patient identification of all patients presenting at the Emergency Department and registering this information accurately onto the patient clinical/management system. This requires effective & empathetic communication skills in order to obtain information of a highly sensitive nature from patients who are in crisis. This information is obtained either from the patient presenting at the desk, or from patients whom have been admitted directly to the Emergency Department resuscitation area via ambulance - Book follow up clinic appointments for patients at the appropriate outpatient clinic using patient/clinical management systems including and send out appointment letters. Ensure that the patients are allocated to the correct specialty and clinic, and also check to ensure that the appointment has been requested for the appropriate clinic in compliance with standing operating procedures. - Create the waiting list entry prior to the appointment booking, across multiple sites including Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw. Take receipt of referrals from other hospitals as applicable. - Outwith normal office hours, take sole responsibility for over booking of clinics to ensure patient requirements are met, and prioritise patient need within the clinical appointment booking system. What You'll Bring: - Educated to SVQ III or equivalent or SVQ Level II or equivalent experience, plus ECDL or equivalent. The post holder will have a knowledge of Health Records. - Excellent customer care skills and good interpersonal skills, including an ability to communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and staff at all levels. - Computer literate and good keyboard skills. - Experience in multi-tasking as the post holder is responsible for activities such as answering queries, progress chasing, task related problem solving, all acquired through experience and vocational learning. What we Offer As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including: - Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays - Generous NHS pension scheme - Annual incremental salary progression - Paid sick leave increasing with length of service - NHS discounts and more. NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another. *Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings. ### For informal discussion, please contact Yvonne Tennant, Health Records Manager on Yvonne.Tennant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Marion Bisset Recruitment Administrator on marion.bisset@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk ### Interested? Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted. ### This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early. DELETE IF NOT REQUIRED ## Job Details About The Organisation Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas. The Role The Emergency Department Receptionist is required to provide a comprehensive reception service within the Acute Emergency Department ensuring patients are admitted to the department, efficiently and accurately recording demographics, details of injury/illness, providing a high level of customer care. The post holder will also liaise closely with the Emergency Department clinical and nursing team, supporting them and ensuring nursing staff are informed if a patient is in obvious distress. The post holder will also liaise closely with the Scottish Ambulance Service; and other relevant departments to ensure an efficient and effective service provision. As a first point of contact, you will provide a friendly, respectful and efficient service to patients, relatives and visitors either face to face or by telephone and will receive patient enquiry calls for the hospital, answering and re-directing as necessary. You will undertake the scanning process for Emergency Department paper records, to ensure good data quality of the scanned electronic patient record. The working pattern for this role is 4pm to 8pm - Friday evening Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post. In this key role, you will: What You'll Bring: What we Offer As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including: NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another. *Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings. For informal discussion, please contact Yvonne Tennant, Health Records Manager on Yvonne.Tennant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Marion Bisset Recruitment Administrator on marion.bisset@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted. This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early. 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