Department Receptionist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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King’s Mill Hospital is seeking a highly organised and compassionate Receptionist to join our friendly and dedicated maternity team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in supporting women, babies and families throughout their maternity journey while contributing to the smooth and effective running of our Sherwood Birthing Unit.This role requires working a mixture of days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

We are looking for individuals with excellent communication, administrative and customer service skills who are committed to delivering a high-quality service and providing an exceptional experience for women accessing our maternity services.

Working closely with the Department Leader, midwives, sonographers, clinicians and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will provide comprehensive administrative and clerical support to the wider team.

As one of the first points of contact for women and families attending the birthing unit, you will provide a warm, welcoming and professional reception service while ensuring confidentiality and excellent customer care at all times.

At King’s Mill Hospital, you will be joining a supportive and inclusive team committed to delivering outstanding care to women and families. Apply now to join our team!

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Nov 2026