Receptionist​/Admin

Higham Ferrer's Surgery is a friendly, supportive, semi rural village practice with approximately 6,000 patients.

We are currently looking to recruit a part time enthusiastic and motivated Receptionist/Admin to join our team on a part time contract, 25 hours per week.

This role is a 5 hour working day, applicants must be available to work between the hours of 8am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday.

The clinical team currently consists of 3 GP partners, 1 salaried GP, a Clinical Pharmacist, 3 Registrar's, 1 Nurse Practitioner, 1 staff nurse, and a health care assistant. We also have an experienced and supportive Management and Administrative team.

• Reception Duties
  - Front of House. Taking Queries and answering the phones.
• Admin Duties
  - Coding, Recalling, Scanning as per the business needs
• Opening up/locking up of practice premises and maintaining security in accordance with practice protocols
• Maintaining and monitoring the practice appointments system
• Processing personal and telephone requests for appointments, visits and telephone consultations, and ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate healthcare professional
• Processing and distributing incoming (and outgoing) mail
• Taking messages and passing on information
• Filing and retrieving paperwork
• Processing repeat prescriptions in accordance with practice guidelines
• Ordering, re-ordering and monitoring of stationery and other supplies

• Experience with working within a public facing role
• Ideally working within primary care, however not essential

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.