Receptionist - Estates & Facilities

The Receptionist/Administration is required to provide a reception service for the Estates Offices and administrative support to the Compliance and Performance Manager, Personal Assistant/Estates and Facilities Team Leader and Estates and Facilities Administrators in delivering their roles. This will involve a range of administrative tasks, including the day-to-day operation of Reception, participation in a comprehensive administrative service plus a variety of delegated projects to ensure the smooth running of the Estates and Facilities Offices The Receptionist/Administration will operate in a wide network of communications and must at all times exercise sensitivity and tact in ensuring the effective delivery of business requirements.,

• Acting as the first point of contact for visitors and providing excellent customer service at all times
• Dealing with all visitors in a courteous and confidential manner, providing assistance as required
• Escalating any matters to the Admin Team Leader as appropriate
• Ensuring all external visitors are accurately signed in and out of the office
• Notifying office staff of visitors' arrival
• Ensuring telephone calls are answered, enquiries dealt with, callers re-directed as appropriate and accurate messages taken
• Responsibility for the general tidiness and security of the reception area
• Responsibility for maintaining an up-to-date contact list
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme