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Salary for this role£13 a year
Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year
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Role description
Job summary
We are on the hunt for adynamic and friendly individual to be the first point of contact for our patients and medical professionals. If you're an organised multitasker with a passion for helping people, this is the perfect role for you!
We have two posts available which will require flexibility within working hours as well as location across our three surgeries at St Chads, Somerton House and Chilcompton.
Come and join our team to make a real difference in your community!
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
Be the welcoming face of our practice, greeting and checking in patients.
Coordinate with doctors and staff to keep appointments running smoothly.
Maintain patient records and manage appointments with precision and care.
Support with vital admin tasks.
Ready to make an impact? Join us and be part of a team that makes a difference every day
About us
We are a large practice (circa 19000 patient population) based in the heart of the B&NES countryside. We have a large multidisciplinary team, supported by a range of clinical modalities including nursing, a pharmacy team, physiotherapy and home visiting practitioner.
Details
Date posted
30 October 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£13.06 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A1060-26-0024
Job locations
Gullock Tyning
Midsomer Norton
Radstock
BA3 2UH
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities
to be undertaken by members of the reception team may include any or all of
the items listed below. Duties may be
varied from time to time under the direction of the lead receptionist or
member of the management team dependent on current and evolving practice
workload and staffing levels:
Processing
face to face and telephone enquiries and requests for appointments, visits,
and telephone consultation, ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate
healthcare professional or management or other department as appropriate.
Initiating
contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team members and
outside agencies.
Exercise
care and proper use of telephones and computer systems in normal daily
working, maintaining and updating patient information in the practice
appointment system.
Processing
personal and medical information from the patient in accordance with practice
protocols, maintaining confidentiality and recording information
appropriately within the clinical systems, such as triage requests, messages,
updates on health status, medical information on appointments etc.
Opening
up/locking up of the practice premises and maintaining security in accordance
with practice protocols.
Checks
patients and visitors in when they arrive at the surgery for appointments
Assist
patients in the use of the self-check in screen and encourages the increased
use of this method of checking in, as appropriate
Pass
on urgent information to doctors, nurses and other surgery staff members and
also back to patients in an appropriate way
Providing
adhoc clerical assistance to other members of the practice team from time to
time including using IT software such as Microsoft Word or finding or filing
physical documents or patient files..
Handling
and storing patient samples brought in at the reception desk in an
appropriate way maintaining infection control standards and making sure the
samples are suitably labelled with the patients details before the patient
leaves.
Keeping
own work space, the reception area, waiting room, noticeboards and leaflet
dispensers tidy and free from obstruction and clutter.
Attend
and participate in any team or whole practice meetings when required. These may be on days you do not normally
work, however you will be at times expected to attend and overtime will be
paid. Notice for such meetings will be
given in advance.
Other
duties as requested from time to time.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Previous experience in a similar role is desirable.
Qualifications
Essential
Good general standard of GCSE results A-C
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.