Part Time GP ReceptionistNHS

Job summary

Kingswell Surgery, Penistone is looking for a part-time receptionist/administrator to join our small and friendly training practice for between 12 and 16hours per week. The ideal candidate should be a reliable, motivated, team player with good telephone and communication skills.

We are open from 7.45 am until 6.30 pm and flexibility is essential as you will be required to work between these hours to meet the needs of the business and cover colleagues when required.

Experience of working in a GP surgery is required.

Main duties of the job

You will form part of our friendly but hard-working reception/admin team, providing a professional, efficient and effective reception service to patients and health professionals alike. Confidentiality is an essential part of the role.

Key responsibilities: Make, amend and cancel clinical appointments for patients using the Systm1 clinical system. Care navigate patients to the most appropriate health professional/service when booking appointments. Deal with and record accurate messages from clinicians and patients

Job description

Administration

• To have a thorough knowledge of all Practice procedures
• To work in accordance with written protocols
• Photocopy as requested

Reception

• Receiving patients, consulting with the practice team
• Answer telephone calls in a professional manner, dealing with enquiries via telephone and face-to-face
• Taking Home visit requests
• Take accurate messages and relay to the appropriate person via email / other
• Telephone for results and information from outside agencies, i.e. hospitals, GP surgeries, Health Centres
• Data input and retrieval via computer system
• Be able to cover all reception duties as necessary

Computer:

• Process patient change of details
• Booking, cancelling and changing appointments

Other tasks:

• Ensure building security
• Maintain supplies of stationery in reception and consulting rooms
• Keep workplace organised and tidy
• Clear consulting rooms when possible and tidy waiting room
• Any other tasks allocated by management

About us

Kingswell Surgery is a friendly, well-led, GP Training Practice with its own dispensary, caring for approximately 6000 patients in the heart of rural Penistone. We are committed to providing a high standard of clinical care and an excellent service to patients. Our clinical team is made up as follows: 3 GP Partners, 2 salaried GPs, 2 Practice Nurses, 2 HCAs. Our Admin team comprises of: Practice Manager, Assistant Manager, 2 Administrators, 4 Receptionists and 2 dispensers. We also have a number of staff in other funded roles who work at the practice, such as a care coordinator, health and wellbeing coach, clinical pharmacist etc.