Receptionist, Administrative​/Clerical

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

The post holder will assist in providing comprehensive and professional reception and administrative duties to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

The post holder will be expected to cover reception areas, dealing with Young People Families CAMHS staff and staff from various other agencies reporting to the reception area or contacting the service via phone, always displaying empathy diplomacy and confidentiality.

The post holder will work mainly without direct supervision, they will be expected to plan and manage their own time effectively, preparing correspondence scanning photocopying and assisting with ad hoc general administrative duties through to completion.

This is a shared role with another staff member who covers the latter part of the week. the post holder will cover Monday and Tuesday 9am to 5pm. There will be an expectation for the post holder to offer some additional flexibility, to help cover the reception area during holidays and periods of sickness, within reason.

Manage Blackpool Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service reception area, be the welcoming face of CAMHS and the first point of contact for all visitors - attending to the needs of our Young People Families Staff and visitors efficiently respectfully and appropriately, always adhering to reception procedures and processes. Receiving and accurately relaying messages from various sources promptly, verbally and via email.

Photocopying and scanning materials as required by the CAMHS Team. Responsibility shared with other team members for maintaining and ordering stationary. Weekly preparation of documents for CAMHS Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting as required. Assisting when required in maintaining Petty Cash levels keeping a record of receipts and invoices and with the…