Practice Receptionist/ Administrator inFeltham inFeltham PUBLISHED 8 NOV 2024

 PERMANENT 
The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of the practice administration/Reception team may include any or all of the items in the following list.

Pentelow Practice is looking to appoint a part-time receptionists/administrator to join our busy GP practice. The successful candidate must be reliable, punctual, possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to use their own initiative. IT skills are essential. Hours of work: 22.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 14:00- 18:30 but the candidate must be available to work additional/flexible hours to cover staff absence when required, including occasional weekend work. We reserve the right to close the job early.

The candidate must be enthusiastic and computer literate. This role is a wide and varied one, and the successful candidate will provide a range of Reception and administration duties such as booking appointments, registrations, scanning and Checking Practice Emails. Taking electronic, phone and face to face messages, using own initiative, providing a comprehensive administration/clerical service and attending meetings within the practice.

About us

The purpose of the role is to:

Offer general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone

Receive, assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way

Undertake a variety of administrative duties to assist in the smooth running of the practice, including the provision of secretarial and clerical support to clinical staff and other members of the practice team

Facilitate effective communication between patients, members of the primary health care team, secondary care and other associated healthcare agencies

Duties and responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of the practice administration/Reception team may include any or all of the items in the following list. Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the lead receptionist/practice manager, dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels:

Opening up/locking up of practice premises, activation/deactivation of alarm system and maintaining security in accordance with practice protocols

Unlock consulting rooms/key safe; switch on computers and lights; switch over answerphone and ensure consulting rooms are tidy

Maintaining and monitoring the practice appointments system

Processing personal and telephone requests for appointments, telephone consultations and ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate healthcare professional

Deal with home visit requests, carefully noting all details

Arrange transport to hospital appointments for housebound patients

Register new patients, temporary residents and any requiring immediate and necessary treatment, carefully checking all details for accuracy and enter on computer registration link

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

Reconcile new patients notes with relevant FP7s and FP8s

Computer data entry/data allocation and collation; processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures

Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team member and associated healthcare agencies and providers

Clearing and re-stocking of consulting rooms as required

Providing clerical assistance to practice staff as required from time to time, including word/data processing, filing, photocopying and scanning

Ordering and monitoring of stationery and other supplies

Provision of refreshments for staff and visitors as required, cleaning of utensils and keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy

Keeping the reception area, notice-boards and leaflet dispensers tidy and free from obstructions and clutter

Cover sickness/annual leave and work reasonable overtime when required, including some weekends.

Perform any other relevant and reasonable duties that may be requested by the lead receptionist, practice manager or partners.

Undertake all mandatory training as required.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy and the practice infection control policy. This will include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way, free from hazards

Actively reporting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)

Reporting potential risks identified

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Pentelow Practice is looking to appoint a part-time receptionists/administrator to join our busy GP practice. The successful candidate must be reliable, punctual, possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to use their own initiative. IT skills are essential. Hours of work: 22.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 14:00- 18:30 but the candidate must be available to work additional/flexible hours to cover staff absence when required, including occasional weekend work. We reserve the right to close the job early.

The candidate must be enthusiastic and computer literate. This role is a wide and varied one, and the successful candidate will provide a range of Reception and administration duties such as booking appointments, registrations, scanning and Checking Practice Emails. Taking electronic, phone and face to face messages, using own initiative, providing a comprehensive administration/clerical service and attending meetings within the practice.

About us

The purpose of the role is to:

Offer general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone

Receive, assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way

Undertake a variety of administrative duties to assist in the smooth running of the practice, including the provision of secretarial and clerical support to clinical staff and other members of the practice team

Facilitate effective communication between patients, members of the primary health care team, secondary care and other associated healthcare agencies

Duties and responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of the practice administration/Reception team may include any or all of the items in the following list. Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the lead receptionist/practice manager, dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels:

Opening up/locking up of practice premises, activation/deactivation of alarm system and maintaining security in accordance with practice protocols

Unlock consulting rooms/key safe; switch on computers and lights; switch over answerphone and ensure consulting rooms are tidy

Maintaining and monitoring the practice appointments system

Processing personal and telephone requests for appointments, telephone consultations and ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate healthcare professional

Deal with home visit requests, carefully noting all details

Arrange transport to hospital appointments for housebound patients

Register new patients, temporary residents and any requiring immediate and necessary treatment, carefully checking all details for accuracy and enter on computer registration link

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

Reconcile new patients notes with relevant FP7s and FP8s

Computer data entry/data allocation and collation; processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures

Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team member and associated healthcare agencies and providers

Clearing and re-stocking of consulting rooms as required

Providing clerical assistance to practice staff as required from time to time, including word/data processing, filing, photocopying and scanning

Ordering and monitoring of stationery and other supplies

Provision of refreshments for staff and visitors as required, cleaning of utensils and keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy

Keeping the reception area, notice-boards and leaflet dispensers tidy and free from obstructions and clutter

Cover sickness/annual leave and work reasonable overtime when required, including some weekends.

Perform any other relevant and reasonable duties that may be requested by the lead receptionist, practice manager or partners.

Undertake all mandatory training as required.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy and the practice infection control policy. This will include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way, free from hazards

Actively reporting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)

Reporting potential risks identified

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.



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