An exciting opportunity has arisen to support Chailey Clinical Services Reception Team.
This is a diverse role allowing you to develop a range of different skills and participate within a multidisciplinary team.
Chailey offers specialised care for individuals with Neurodisabilities and offers supports the Chailey Heritage Foundation School.
This is a Part Time Band 3 Role working 2 days a week Monday and Wednesday 08:30- 16:30.
You will work alongside other admin staff and reception team to provide an excellent customer service to our service users and families.
Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
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The main duty of this role is to be the first point of contact for all patients entering Chailey Clinical Services. You will be based on reception covering reception and administration tasks including but not exclusive to, dealing with patient information in a sensitive manner, handling in person telephone and email enquiries, booking of rooms for internal and external visitors, Supporting the admin team with admin tasks and making sure excellent care is provided to all users and staff members.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
- Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
- Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
- Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
- Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
- Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
- Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values — Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence —guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
a) Provide an administrative and clerical function to support the Outpatient team in respect of any requests to do with Health records this can include Archiving and Subject Access Requests.
b) Comply with Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and Chailey Clinical Services agreed policies and procedures.
c) To participate in annual reviews and regular Supervisions.
d) To ensure all Mandatory and Statutory training is up to date in line with Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust policy.
