Job Description

Ward Administrator | Private hospital | Permanent | Part time 30 hours | Chatham, Kent

Spire Alexandra Hospital are seeking an experienced administrator to join the team on a Part time Permanent basis. As Ward Administrator, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the ward for patients, visitors and staff.

Spire Alexandra Hospital offers world-class care and is part of one of the UK’s most respected private hospital groups. We offer fast access to high-quality healthcare, from consultations and advanced diagnostics to personalised treatments and expert aftercare.

Duties and responsibilities

These will include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for providing administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the ward for patients, visitors and staff.
• To greet and provide a customer focused, professional and effective service that exceeds expectations to all Patients, Consultants, and Visitors to the hospital
• To deal with all telephone enquiries in an efficient and courteous manner
• To give clear, concise information to all enquiries
• To liaise with Catering Department regarding orders for refreshments by patients and visitors
• To inform insurance companies if extended length of stay is required to keep insurance companies informed of emergency admissions
• Ensure that patient notes are up to date and in correct order and are taken to the appropriate place when a patient episode is complete.
• Ensure that all filing of results and other information is accurately filed in the patient’s notes

Who we're looking for:

• Previous relevant experience in an administrative support role, within a similar industry would be ideal but not essential
• Excellent attention to detail
• Customer Service skills
• Process driven
• Team player
• Computer literate
• Adept at handling various calls on a daily basis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Reliable and happy to work in different departments as required

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Mon - Fri and every other Saturday. 7.00am-18.00 finish (10.5hr shifts), Saturday shift 6 hours.

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

About Us

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.