Emergency Department Night Receptionist

Emergency Department Night Receptionist

The Emergency department is looking for a night receptionist to offer clerical support within the Emergency Department reception area to ensure smooth operation of its service. The shift time is overnight which is 22:00-08:00, including all public holidays. The Emergency Department (ED) currently has over 44,000 new attendances each year. The department consists of reception area, triage, Majors area, Minors area, Pediatric cubicles, 3 bay Resuscitation room and a Clinical Decision Unit under the ED Management Team.

• Register/book in all patients both as walk-in and emergency admissions by ambulance ensuring that all details are correct and double registration is avoided
• Take responsibility for the admissions, transfers and discharges (ATD) on the hospital Patient Administration System (Lorenzo) for all patients admitted to SSEU
• Create emergency registrations and referrals for wards within the hospital when the admissions team is unavailable
• Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience. We are driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and staff. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre.

We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. Working here is rewarding, with NHS discounts, a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), a generous pension scheme, car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

• Date posted: 24 December 2025
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band:
  Band 3
• Salary: £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata if part time
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 269-SFT
  9442
• Job locations:
  Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ

• Team Player
• Communication
• Prioritizing and Flexibility

• Office procedure
• Accuracy

• Medical environment
• Computer literacy
• Aware of confidentially tact and patience
• Customer Service Experience

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 name:
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address:
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ

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