Job summary
- Main area
- Renal Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week (0800 - 1800)
- Job ref
- 218-AC-B2-7581530
- Employer
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/11/2025
Employer heading
Receptionist / Admin Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Working in the Renal Department at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire covering the Renal Outpatient Reception and supporting the Renal Admin office. Answering the telephone and carrying out various administration duties, including printing and posting letters, dealing with hospital systems such as EPR and Booking outpatient clinic appointments.
*** Please be advised that interviews are proposed for 28th November 2025 ***
Please be advised this vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
- Welcome and Greet all visitors to the area, providing the first point of direct contact for all service users, resolving routine enquiries and complaints professionally in accordance with local standards and procedures, and referring other queries to relevant colleagues where appropriate.
- Collate information generated by others in order to maintain computerised information systems, ensuring that data is accurately recorded and updated as required. Provide accurate data as requested by other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Act as the first point of contact for dealing with routine enquiries and take action as necessary liaising with others as appropriate.
- Communicate with staff, patients and/or external organisations using appropriate methods.
- Maintain both manual and electronic filing systems and databases, as required by the department and Trust policies, ensuring all documents are accurately and appropriately archived.
- Maintain an efficient and comprehensive administrative service, including photocopying, scanning, printing, booking appointments, arranging patient transport and providing support to the department and other team members as requested.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for dealing with routine enquiries, taking action and liaising with others as appropriate, which includes working on a busy reception area for which training will be given.
- Utilise relevant Trust IT systems, as determined by the role, ensure all relevant patient data is collected and input accurately in line with Trust guidelines. These systems may include EPR.
- Ensuring patients follow up appointments are booked and keeping on top of departmental worklists.
- Maintain an efficient and comprehensive administrative service, including photocopying, scanning, post, filing, clinic preparation, answering the telephone, booking and re-arranging appointments, booking ambulances, interpreters and providing support to the department and other team members as requested. Must have excellent communication skills.
- Supporting with stationery orders and other equipment / consumables.
- Provide appropriate cover in the absence of other members of the team, which will include covering administration services in the Renal Offices, the Renal ward and Ward Day unit as appropriate.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
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Experience
Essential criteria
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Desirable criteria
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Knowledge
Essential criteria
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Desirable criteria
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Skills
Essential criteria
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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- See supporting documents
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jade Williams
- Job title
- Administration Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 024 7696 8287
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