Receptionist
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Location: Peace Hospice, Watford with occasional travel to other base locations.
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Hours: 12 hours per week (Wednesday - Friday 9am - 1pm)
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Salary: £24,784.50 per annum (pro rata)
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Closing date: Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 12 noon
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Interview date: TBC
Are you an passionate about delivering excellent service with empathy and professionalism?
??Join our Facilities team and help us keep our hospice sites safe, welcoming and running smoothly for patients, families, volunteers, and staff.
As a Receptionist, you’ll be the face of the hospice—welcoming visitors, answering enquiries, and ensuring the smooth running of reception services. This is a rewarding role where your warmth and professionalism will make a real difference to patients, families, staff and volunteers.
What you will do
? Welcome visitors and provide a warm, supportive first point of contact.
? Answer and direct telephone calls efficiently and professionally.
? Maintain a clean, tidy and welcoming reception and waiting area.
? Manage room bookings, meetings and calendars.
? Handle post, deliveries, and general administrative tasks.
? Support volunteers working on reception.
? Issue ID/access cards and help monitor site access.
? Handle donations (cash/cheques) with care and accuracy.
? Assist with building access (locking/unlocking) when required.
?? What you will need
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All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
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We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
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Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
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Full, current valid UK driving licence.
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Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
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Car insurance, including business cover.
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If successful a DBS check will be undertaken as part of the onboarding process.
For an informal chat about this role contact Emma Handscombe, Facilities Management Administrator on [email protected]
Please click on the attached link for further information about Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care - https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate to this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
Our commitment to Equality and Diversity
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.
If you are disabled and satisfactorily meet the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care. Registered Charity no. 1201713
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