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ORLA BREEN

Waterford City,Waterford

Summary

Qualified Administrator with advanced clerical knowledge and a strong focus on customer service. Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both oral and written, alongside professional phone etiquette. Proficient in database management, filing, data archiving, and Microsoft Excel. Skilled in appointment setting and invoice processing, with proven abilities in handling customer complaints and money transactions. Thrives under pressure while maintaining a high level of organisation and efficiency.

Demonstrates strong abilities in managing front desk operations and providing excellent customer service.

Friendly and approachable, with strong communication and organisational skills.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work history

Class Facilitator (Temporary Cover)

Ready Steady Play
Waterford
2025.02 - 2025.09
  • Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Lead classes and upload customers numbers
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.

Lead Receptionist/Administrator

Sanofi
Waterford
2023.05 - 2024.11
  • Received, sorted and distributed incoming mail.
  • Interacted with customers professionally by phone, email and in-person to deliver accurate service information.
  • Organized physical files and digitized records to support ease of access and GDPR compliance.
  • Liaised with customers to resolve enquiries

Clerical Administrator

Disabilities Services (temp contract)
Johnstown Waterford City , Waterford
2023.01 - 2023.03
  • Answered and helped resolve enquiries from clients, vendors and general public.
  • Responsible for Blind Welfare Allowance Applications and Disability Welfare Applications.
  • Scheduled meetings and client appointments for team
  • Reorganized filing system to reduce file location times.
  • Personal Assistant to Head of Disabilities Services

Clinic Scheduler

University Hospital Waterford HSE
BreastCare, University Hospital Waterford, Ireland
2022.01 - 2022.11
  • Accessing Mammogram and Ultrasound reports for processing letters and forwarding on to Gp's
  • Effectively managed incoming and outgoing mail
  • Organized physical files and digitized records to support ease of access and GDPR compliance.
  • Interacted with public professionally by phone, email and in-person to deliver accurate service information.
  • Set weekly clinics for new patients
  • Typing through Dictaphone consultant letters from clinic

Occupational Health Lead Administrator

University Hospital Waterford HSE
University Hospital Waterford , Ireland
2020.09 - 2021.10
  • Update staffs healthcare records, scanning and attaching documents ,
  • Organize fortnightly and monthly vaccine clinics
  • Process, file and store records in line with hospital policy
  • Manage incoming calls and filter to relevant department
  • Input management and gp referrals on to computerized system
  • Managed clerical needs of employees, including administrative support, file management and stationery supplies.

Clerical Officer

Counselling in Primary Care HSE
Waterford City, Ireland
2020.01 - 2020.07
  • Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages.
  • Organised files, faxed reports, and scanned documents whilst maintaining tidy front desk and reception area.
  • Inputting referrals from doctors and healthcare professionals
  • Create and manage electronic patient's records
  • Documented conferences, meetings and appointments with verbatim reports.

Assistant Clerical Officer

HSE Primary Care Centre
Waterford , Ireland
2019.09 - 2019.12
  • Developed more efficient filing systems and customer database protocols.
  • Assembled and organised facts, data and information for meetings, briefings and reports.
  • Coordinated daily and weekly schedules and monthly calendar obligations for office personnel.
  • Made copies, sent faxes, and handled incoming and outgoing correspondence.
  • Maintained efficient filing systems and customer database protocols.
  • Managed daily calendar and juggled meetings for supervisor.

Patient Scheduler

Affidea Clinic
Waterford City, Ireland
2018.09 - 2019.01
  • Working with software to book clients in for scans and ultrasounds
  • Updating referrals from gp's and other service providers
  • Inputting referrals on to system
  • Determining documents accuracy and quality of referrals through data base work
  • Sending invoices and taking payments

Clinic Administrator

Audiology Department, through Servisource
University Hospital Waterford , Waterford
2018.04 - 2018.09
  • Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages.
  • Organise clinic, schedule and print client allocation sheets for each audiologist
  • Check in clients on arrival , update clients files
  • Proof read reports
  • Complete data entry on data base
  • Post and file reports
  • Coordinate clinic numbers at end of clinic for statistics
  • Liaise with both clinicians and project manager
  • Handling patients and clinician's queries as clinic unfolds
  • Book appointments in and update database

Front Office Administrator/Receptionist

Faithlegg House Hotel
2016.09 - 2017.05
  • Inputting reservations and bookings through hotsoft package, dealing with customers requests and complaints, liaising with housekeeping and maintenance regarding any concerns or issues, dealing with phone and on line reservations.
  • Answered and quickly redirected calls

Receptionist

Woodlands Hotel Waterford
2016.05 - 2016.10
  • Inputting reservations and bookings through hotsoft package , Dealing with customers requests and complaints ,liaising with housekeeping and maintenance regarding any concerns or issues, dealing with phone and on line reservations, handling daily in take of money and keeping till balanced.

Receptionist

Treacy's Hotel Waterford
2016.03 - 2016.05
  • Inputing reservations and bookings through hotsoft package dealing with customers requests and complaints , handling tour and coach arrivals, dealing with phone and on line reservations, Handling daily in take of money and keeping the till balanced.
  • Provide guests with information, answer their queries and deal with complaints

Clerical Officer

University Hospital Waterford
2015.01 - 2015.01
  • Work involving answering phone enquires, giving directions to clinics and providing patient locations information to the public.
  • Computer work through accessing data bases, matching patients personal hospital numbers and issuing new ones.
  • Preparation of charts and inputting details to general data base for patients records.
  • Creating new and temporary charts for use on the wards and at a clinics.
  • Checking clients in through the Accident and Emergency Department , Insurance compliance for private or public patients, ie Vhi,Bupa and medical cards holders Processing and invoicing of payments and accounts for A and E service charges.
  • Admitting patients to the hospital for clinics or further investigations.
  • Being very organized and the ability to cope under pressure was a necessary of this role.

Support Volunteer

Waterford Rape Crisis Centre
Waterford, Waterford
2012.10 - 2014

Volunteering with Rape Crisis Centre in a supportive role for clients.

I would have been involved in an in-depth training programme with the centre and would have been under an imperative obligation to keep and work under the guidance of strict confidentiality.

Waterford City - HR Administrator

Carers Association
2010.01 - 2012.01
  • Administration duties including logging employees timesheets for payment.
  • Liaise between carers and staff.
  • Fundraising for the upkeep and maintenance of the service.
  • Interviewing and receiving application forms for new positions.
  • Organised carers roster and allocated hours to staff.
  • Maintain and update HR database and employee files.
  • Managed office supplies, vendors, organization and upkeep.

Health Care Assistant

University Hospital Waterford
1997.02 - 2007.01
  • Answered patient calls for care and feeding.
  • Helped residents with programming goals and increasing their independence.
  • Performed direct patient care aimed at increasing comfort, providing assistance with personal hygiene, physical comfort, nutrition, elimination, prevention of skin breakdown, rehabilitation and safety.
  • Assisted nurses with wound care for pressure ulcers, bed sores and surgical site wounds.
  • Assisted patients with walking and using crutches.
  • Helped patients move in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs and cars.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Children's First

HSE
Waterford
01.2024

Certificate in GDPR -

HSE
Waterford
2022.02 - 2022.02

Manual Handling -

HSE
Waterford
2023.03 - 2023.03

Administrative Support -

HSE
Waterford
2022.01 - 2023.02

Secondary Education Exam -

Coláiste Na Maighdne
Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
1993

Skills

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Professional phone etiquette
  • Database management
    Customer service-orientated
  • Works well under pressure
    Filing and data archiving
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Appointment setting
  • Invoice processing
  • Advanced Clerical Knowledge
  • Qualified Office Assistant
  • Customer complaint handling
  • Money handling abilities
  • Oral and written communication

Timeline

Class Facilitator (Temporary Cover)

Ready Steady Play
2025.02 - 2025.09

Lead Receptionist/Administrator

Sanofi
2023.05 - 2024.11

Manual Handling -

HSE
2023.03 - 2023.03

Clerical Administrator

Disabilities Services (temp contract)
2023.01 - 2023.03

Certificate in GDPR -

HSE
2022.02 - 2022.02

Clinic Scheduler

University Hospital Waterford HSE
2022.01 - 2022.11

Administrative Support -

HSE
2022.01 - 2023.02

Occupational Health Lead Administrator

University Hospital Waterford HSE
2020.09 - 2021.10

Clerical Officer

Counselling in Primary Care HSE
2020.01 - 2020.07

Assistant Clerical Officer

HSE Primary Care Centre
2019.09 - 2019.12

Patient Scheduler

Affidea Clinic
2018.09 - 2019.01

Clinic Administrator

Audiology Department, through Servisource
2018.04 - 2018.09

Front Office Administrator/Receptionist

Faithlegg House Hotel
2016.09 - 2017.05

Receptionist

Woodlands Hotel Waterford
2016.05 - 2016.10

Receptionist

Treacy's Hotel Waterford
2016.03 - 2016.05

Clerical Officer

University Hospital Waterford
2015.01 - 2015.01

Support Volunteer

Waterford Rape Crisis Centre
2012.10 - 2014

Waterford City - HR Administrator

Carers Association
2010.01 - 2012.01

Health Care Assistant

University Hospital Waterford
1997.02 - 2007.01

Some College (No Degree) - Children's First

HSE

Secondary Education Exam -

Coláiste Na Maighdne
ORLA BREEN