NHS

Bank Switchboard Operator - Band 2


PayCompetitive
LocationBoston/England
Employment typeOther

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  • Job Description

      Req#: C9357-24-0511?language=en&page=445&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      Applications are invited from enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to join the Estates and Facilities Department's hospital switchboard team. This high profile role calls for good communication skills and experience of working closely with the general public. You will need to be able to cope calmly and effectively with both routine and emergency situations, and be a compassionate, professional and courteous individual.

      This is a varied and interesting post involving liaising with departments in the hospital as well as security, maintenance and other support staff. Experience of working in a busy switchboard environment would be an advantage.

      Main duties of the job

      • To provide prompt, professional, courteous and cost efficient communications and Reception services for the Trust.
      • To provide prompt and professional support for paging systems.
      • To ensure immediate actioning of prescribed alarm systems following documented guidelines.
      • To act as main liaison point for the site/Trust "Out of Hours" systems.
      • To support the day-to-day administration for Staff Accommodation.
      • To support the provision of Car Parking services.
      • Act as the central point for taxi bookings on site.

      About us

      Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

      Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

      We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

      Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

      This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

      We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

      Date posted

      13 March 2024

      Pay scheme

      Agenda for change

      Band

      Band 2

      Salary

      £11.45 an hour per hour

      Contract

      Bank

      Working pattern

      Compressed hours

      Reference number

      357-PR-2128-23-A

      Job locations

      Pilgrim Hospital

      Sibsey Road

      Boston

      PE21 9QS


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      What should you do next?

      Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      What should you do next?

      Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

      Person Specification

      Skills

      Essential

      • oExcellent communication skills
      • oThe ability to think logically and make independent decisions
      • oAwareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
      • oAbility to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framewor

      Desirable

      • oKnowledge of Windows based software

      Experience

      Essential

      • oExperience of working in a busy, pressurised, customer focused environment

      Desirable

      • oExperience of controlling alarm and pager systems
      • oPrevious experience of an ISDX Switchboard
      • oPrevious experience of a healthcare environment
      • oClerical experience

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • oBasic Computer Skills

      Desirable

      • oRSA level 1 or equivalent
      • oNVQ 2 Customer Care or equivalent

      Specific Requirements

      Essential

      • Flexible and adaptable
      • Able to disengage enquiries with speed and tact
      • Able to work with minimum supervision and independently
      Person Specification

      Skills

      Essential

      • oExcellent communication skills
      • oThe ability to think logically and make independent decisions
      • oAwareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
      • oAbility to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framewor

      Desirable

      • oKnowledge of Windows based software

      Experience

      Essential

      • oExperience of working in a busy, pressurised, customer focused environment

      Desirable

      • oExperience of controlling alarm and pager systems
      • oPrevious experience of an ISDX Switchboard
      • oPrevious experience of a healthcare environment
      • oClerical experience

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • oBasic Computer Skills

      Desirable

      • oRSA level 1 or equivalent
      • oNVQ 2 Customer Care or equivalent

      Specific Requirements

      Essential

      • Flexible and adaptable
      • Able to disengage enquiries with speed and tact
      • Able to work with minimum supervision and independently

      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Certificate of Sponsorship

      Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

      From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

      Additional information

      Certificate of Sponsorship

      Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

      From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

      Employer details

      Employer name

      United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

      Address

      Pilgrim Hospital

      Sibsey Road

      Boston

      PE21 9QS


      Employer's website

      https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

      Address

      Pilgrim Hospital

      Sibsey Road

      Boston

      PE21 9QS


      Employer's website

      https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.