Forensic Medium Secure Unit Receptionist

This is the perfect opportunity for someone seeking a unique role in a dynamic and rewarding environment where no two shifts are the same. Working hours involve shifts, including some nights, weekends and bank holidays., The post holder will:
+ Be an essential part of maintaining security at the service, including making sure all persons entering the service are approved to do so, checking ID and ensuring restricted items do not enter the service.
+ Liaising with the wards and coordinating vehicle bookings, visits and leaves.
+ Carry out reception duties for the Learning Disability Forensic Service. Greet and assist visitors appropriately, dealing with general enquiries.
+ Please see attached job description for full details., HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3,500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill-health, physical ill-health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, and medium- and low-secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service-users, their families and carers. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and
professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.