
Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to recognise & manage challenging situations / Customer care, dealing with challenging behaviour
- Skills
Ability to work as a part of a team and capable of working unsupervised
- Skills
Able to plan and organise own work and work under own initiative
- Skills
Good written and verbal skills
- Skills
Good organisational skills
- Skills
Basic IT skills including Microsoft packages
- Experience
Previous proven reception experience or equivalent
- Experience
Knowledge of general office & administration procedures
- Experience
Evidence of working in a customer focused environment
- Qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in English & Maths Grade C or above
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Previous NHS/healthcare experience
- Experience
Operate a switchboard/handle patient calls
- Experience
General knowledge of a room booking system
- Experience
Work on NHS clinical systems
- Qualifications
Customer Service training
Job overview
We are pleased to advertise a Peripatetic Receptionist role based at Werneth Primary Care Centre.
You will work in harmony and collaboration as part of a team providing a high quality and effective reception and administrative support service within the facility which promotes good customer service and effective working relationships.
You will provide an accurate, confidential, comprehensive, and efficient clerical service to support tenants, ensuring priorities, deadlines and queries are always dealt with correctly and efficiently.
This post involved working on various receptions across 5 Oldham buildings to support all tenants including arriving patients & booking appointments, logging building faults, monitoring the car park and making room bookings.
This role will also involve covering receptions at Glodwick Primary Care Centre, Moorside Medical Centre, Werneth Primary Care Centre, Royton Health & Wellbeing Centre, and Integrated Care Centre. There may be odd occasions when you may be asked to help at a Rochdale site.
Applicants must be able to get between sites at short notice (ideally can drive and has a car).
The applicant must be able to work these contracted hours due to business requirements.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
The building receptionist role is an important service that supports the Buildings Management function and provides an efficient and effective front of house service supporting patients, staff, and visitors to the site.
Main duties:
- Greet all visitors to the building in a professional manner.
- Act as the main point of contact and a way-finding service for all persons entering the site, dealing with day-to-day queries as they arise.
- Provide general building orientation information to those who require it.
- Promote the image of the facility, checking that notices and leaflets are up to date and well presented.
- Prepare and maintain the reception and waiting areas and ensure public areas are well organised, clean, and tidy.
- Ensure the ‘signing-in’ procedures are adhered to by all visiting staff & contractors issuing keys and fobs as required to all those ‘inducted’ to the site.
- Process incoming and outgoing mail as necessary including deliveries of parcels.
- Field any enquiries and complaints from staff, visitors or external parties, accordingly, ensuring all enquiries are passed on to your line manager for a timely response.
- Maintain accurate contact records for key personnel, tenants, and emergency contacts.
- Arrange patient transport as required.
- Ensure that the reception area and back office is kept tidy and ready for use by incoming colleagues/tenants.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Peripatetic Receptionist with Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Receptionist role. The advertised salary is £25,272 pro rata, per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Sep 2026.
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