NHS
Band 3 Cashier/Receptionist - Weston-Super-Mare
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Job Description
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- Previous reception / customer service experience
- Previous NHS experience
- Previous cashiering experience
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Good PC skills including email, Excel & bespoke systems
- Able to follow general administrative systems & office procedures
- Able to organise and prioritise own workload
- Flexible approach to work
- Previous reception / customer service experience
- Previous NHS experience
- Previous cashiering experience
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Good PC skills including email, Excel & bespoke systems
- Able to follow general administrative systems & office procedures
- Able to organise and prioritise own workload
- Flexible approach to work
Job summary
A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced cashier/receptionist to join our friendly reception team, as the primary cashier on site at the Long Fox Unit in Weston-Super-Mare.
Our receptions are staffed between 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday, and we are looking for a candidate with a cashiering focus to provide services from 09:00-13:00 Monday-Friday.
The role holder will also provide cover for the reception, acting as a central point of contact for our North Somerset teams.
Main duties of the job
o Cashiering, including petty cash services, patient account administration and property safekeeping.o First point of contact for phone calls into the location, transferring calls, taking accurate messages and escalating as appropriate.o Meeting and greeting patients and visitors.o Advising clinicians when their patients have arrived.o Room bookings.o Opening and closing the buildings.o Making sure the clinic rooms have everything they need.o Sorting the post.o Signing for deliveries.o Reporting building defects.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and across the county of Wiltshire.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Details
Date posted
26 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata (pay award pending)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
342-EFM040-0625
Job locations
Long Fox Unit
Grange Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 4TQ
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
You will be supported in your role by the North Somerset Area Site Coordinator, and passionate and friendly colleagues both in support services and the wider Facilities Management team.
The Cashier/Receptionist will provide cashier services to the inpatient wards at the Long Fox Unit, including the handling of petty cash, patient monies and property, accurate administration of patient accounts within the bespoke patient monies system, daily cash balancing, and cash ordering.
As well as providing cashier services, the post holder will also support the receptionist on site, acting as a first point of contact both face to face and over the telephone and booking rooms for staff.
In this role, the post holder will be speaking to service users, healthcare professionals, external agencies, emergency services, members of the public and more.
Training will be provided in respect of the role.
Job responsibilities
You will be supported in your role by the North Somerset Area Site Coordinator, and passionate and friendly colleagues both in support services and the wider Facilities Management team.
The Cashier/Receptionist will provide cashier services to the inpatient wards at the Long Fox Unit, including the handling of petty cash, patient monies and property, accurate administration of patient accounts within the bespoke patient monies system, daily cash balancing, and cash ordering.
As well as providing cashier services, the post holder will also support the receptionist on site, acting as a first point of contact both face to face and over the telephone and booking rooms for staff.
In this role, the post holder will be speaking to service users, healthcare professionals, external agencies, emergency services, members of the public and more.
Training will be provided in respect of the role.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Flexible working
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Flexible working
Essential
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Long Fox Unit
Grange Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 4TQ
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Long Fox Unit
Grange Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 4TQ
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (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.
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