Gp Receptionist

**Job summary**

Islington Central Medical Centre (ICMC) is looking to recruit GP receptionist to join our surgery.

Working as a GP receptionist requires great communication and interpersonal skills as the first point of contact for patients. Alongside undertaking administrative roles to ensure the practice runs smoothly, it is integral to the practice that the GP receptionist is dedicated to patient care.

Islington Central Medical Centre is a large teaching and training practice with almost 25,000 patients and a large team of clinical and administrative staff. ICMC is a purpose-built surgery, located just a 5-minute walk from Highbury and Islington Station, which has excellent underground, overground and national rail transportation links.

**Main duties of the job**

Greet patients and visitors as they enter the GP

Be welcoming, friendly and helpful to patients and visitors

Book in, amend and cancel patient appointments both in person and over the phone in accordance with the practice’s appointment procedures

Signpost patients to the correct services and ensure all patients and visitors are redirected accordingly

Ensure the practice is running smoothly and efficiently and helping the practice manage its extensive patient load

Be a bridge between patients and the members of the healthcare team to optimise care

Undertaking administrative tasks

Maintaining the front reception area, ensuring it remains clean and tidy and free of any obstruction and mess

Liaising with healthcare professionals when necessary

Helping new patients get settled into the practice by walking them through the process of officially joining the GP

Using computers to arrange and amend appointments, helping GPs and nurses stay on top of their workload, and managing e-consultations and patients’ notes

**About us**

Our practice ethos is to strive towards a partnership between patients and health professionals based on the following key facets

**Mutual Respect**

We endeavour to treat all our patients with dignity, respect and honesty. Everyone at Islington Central Medical Centre is committed to deliver an excellent service. We ask all patients to highlight any discrepancies and to offer the same commitment in return.

**Holistic Care**

We treat patients and illnesses. This means that we are equally interested in the physical, psychological and social aspects of an individual's care.

**Continuity of Care and the Therapeutic relationship**

Building and maintaining a strong relationship between doctors, health professionals, and patients is essential to the way we work. This is especially so in the management of ongoing problems or long-term illness. In these circumstances we would encourage patients to continue seeing the same health professional and wherever possible we will facilitate this through our appointments system.

**Learning and Training**

We are committed to the ongoing professional development of our clinical and non-clinical team. We believe in life-long learning and all staff undergo an annual appraisal where learning and development needs are identified. We also recognise the benefit of supported learning for our patients and families in enhancing your ability to manage and deal with both self-limiting and long-term illnesses.

**Job description**

**Job responsibilities**

Arrange appointments, tests and follow-ups

Work with the other receptionist to ensure the practice runs smoothly

Provide clerical assistance to staff as required

Filing, retrieving and monitoring paperwork from patients and staff members

Signpost and redirect patients to members of the healthcare team

Having clear and professional communication skills both in-person and over the phone with clear diction and articulation

Maintaining patients notes and data entry in accordance with the information a patient may relay to you

Be well informed on the practice’s procedures and be able to clearly explain this to patients or visitors

Redirect letters and results to the appropriate member of staff

Maintain patient confidentiality

Stay up to date with staff training

Clinically code data on EMIS web clinical system

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications**

**Essential**

GCSE grade 1-C in English and Maths (or equivalent)

**Desirable**

NVQ in Customer Service or equivalent experience

**Experience**

**Essential**

Experience working with the general public

Experience in administrative roles

Experience working in a healthcare setting

**Desirable**

Previous experience as a GP receptionist

Previous experience as a general receptionist

Knowledge of the EMIS system

**Salary**

Depends on experience

**Contract**

Permanent

**Working pattern**

Full-time

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £11.50 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
- Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (pr