# Outpatients Receptionist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** The James Cook University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Receptionist
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 24 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T14:22:13.386Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cleveland/Northallerton/South_Tees_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Corporate_Services/Corporate_Services-v8291030
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8291030?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southtees.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder will provide a high quality reception service to patients attending outpatient clinics as well as maintaining an effective appointments system. Main duties will be to greet patients and arrange their further appointments as instructed by the clinical staff. You will be dealing with a wide range of enquires on a face to face basis as week as over the telephone and you will obtain and update patient information using the main hospital computer system (CaMIS)

### Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate will need excellent customer care skills to deal with all people in a pleasant, polite and effective manner. Computer skills are required and you should have a good standard of numeracy and literacy. You must be able to think through problems using your own initiative. Commitment to work as part of a departmental team is very important. The workload is busy and physical and you will be expected to work with speed and of course accuracy at all times.

Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Understanding of clerical processes
- Efficient and accurate word processing skills

### Experience

**Essential**

- Knowledge of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and power point, e-mail and internet.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent experience
- NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent experience

## Documents

- [friarage hospital map (pdf, 531.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2096)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 113.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2093)
- [clinical service units directorate (pdf, 116.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2423)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10608988)

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