Company Name
The Burnhams Surgery
All Locations
Burnham Market
Advertising Salary
£12.43 per hour
Function
Admin & Clerical
Careers Site Advertising End Date
17 Nov 2025
Vacancy ID
29128

About the Role

The Burnhams Surgery has an opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive receptionist to join our team on afull time basis, working a minimum of 25hours a week, to be worked over 5 days.
The receptionist plays a pivotal role in the experience of patients at our practice, helping them to access the right services and dealing with their queries face-to-face, online and by telephone.

The main responsibilities of the role include:
  • Greeting and directing all patients.
  • Making appointments.
  • Answering queries and complaints from patients and outside agencies, signposting to the appropriate staff member as appropriate.
  • Accepting, issuing and handing out prescriptions, letters, completed forms, specimen bottles, etc.
  • Advising patients of practice procedures.
  • Registering new patients.
  • Accurately maintaining patient database and records, photocopying, filing and scanning.

About the Candidate

General practice is a challenging environment that requires a calm and caring approach with the ability to work under pressure. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated team player who has customer service/patient experience, offers excellent communication skills, and has the following attributes:
  • Ability to work in a polite, confidential and discreet manner, respecting patients and colleagues at all times.
  • Experience of working with the general public, being sensitive and empathic in distressing situations.
  • Ability to work as part of a team.
  • Strong IT and administration skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Previous medical or healthcare receptionist experience is desirable.
Some flexibility is required, as you will sometimes need to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues. All applicants should ensure that they live within reasonable commuting distance.

About Us

The Burnham Surgery is a small GP Practice on the Norfolk coast rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

It provides care to around 4,200 patients in and around Burnham Market.

In January 2022 the Burnham Market partners joined with Wells Health Centre and the two sites are running as sister sites within the same partnership.

The reception team is a small, friendly, and busy and efficient team who pride themselves on being the front face of the practice.

The successful candidate will work closely with the reception team to make sure we are constantly providing our patients with the greatest care possible and supporting each other in doing so.

You will be key member of the reception team, answering calls into the surgery, speaking with patients face to face at the reception desk, booking appointments, sign posting patients, amending clinics as well as other reception duties. The role also encompasses other duties such as scanning, summarising, and coding as well as other administrative areas.

 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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