Job Description
Inpatient Bookings - Administration Assistant
Location: Oaks Hospital, Colchester
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits
Summary:
Oaks Hospital is one of Essex's leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatments and services.
Located on the outskirts of Colchester, the hospital opened on this site in 1994 and currently has 57 bedrooms including three twin-bedded rooms all with en-suite facilities to ensure complete privacy throughout your stay.
The role:
Oaks Hospital is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Administration Assistant to join our Inpatient Bookings team.
You will be an integral part of a team who are committed to delivering the highest quality outcomes in a supported environment, where you will be valued for your skills and expertise.
As the Inpatient Bookings Administration Assistant you will have good administration skills and have the ability to organise and prioritise the workload whilst working under pressure and part of a team.
You will need to be a good communicator (with experience, face to face and via email, letter and telephone) and be able to liaise with staff and patients to the unit at all levels.
The team is extremely busy and needs someone with proven customer service skills, a commitment to focusing on accuracy and delivery, whilst maintaining the necessary speed to ensure all tasks are completed. You will need to be computer literate including Excel and Word and have an understanding of confidentiality issues.
Benefits:
- 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
- Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
- Flexible shift patterns available where possible
- Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
- Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
- Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
- Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
- Free Parking on site (where possible)
- Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)
- Concerts for Carers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
- The Blue Light Card Scheme
- Attractive enhancement rates for permanent and bank work: 30%–100% for evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays
About Us:
Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.
We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.
We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all.
We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.
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We care.
It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.
