Care Co-ordinator

Beechwood Medical Practice

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Job summary

Beechwood Medical Practice are a close knit, fun, hardworking team who are looking to recruit a new team member to support with our reception and administrative work.

We are keen to recruit someone who can provide a high level of quality customer service and who can use their initiative and common sense to find practical solutions to the many enquiries we deal with each day.

This role would be based for some hours in the reception office interacting mainly with patients and at other times your role would be in our back office environment where you would be engaged with more administrative work.

You will be given a wide variety of work to do and full training for all roles will be provided. Opportunities for future career development would be supported for employees who are interested in progression.

This post is for 22hr per week minimum - full time hours (37hrs per week), please state your hours you would like to work in your application.

Main duties of the job

Your role within the Reception team will include:

Greeting patients and visitors, signposting patients to the most appropriate service, booking appointments, answering telephone calls, ensuring the clinicians have everything they need for the day.

Admin work in reception would include assisting patients who would like to register with the practice, processing prescription and sick note requests, and helping patients with general enquiries.

Your role within the Admin team will include:

Communicating with patients who might need annual review or follow-up; processing and responding to incoming electronic and paper communications, assisting with vaccination clinics and submitting claims for work done.

We would provide you with in-house and external training courses to support your learning of these skills.

About us

We are a happy and diverse team who enjoy working together with the common aim of providing a great service for our patients.

We work out of a spacious, light and modern premises with secure on-site parking. You will have access to a staff cycle scheme and childcare voucher scheme.

We also have regular social events, secure parking, free daily refreshments.

To apply please complete the practice application form attached and return to maddy.brickley@nhs.net by closing date of 12.03.2025 or apply via NHS jobs directly.. If you would like to find out more, or would like to arrange an informal visit, please contact Maddy Brickley on 0117 9082376 or email.

Date posted

12 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour Pay reviewed at end of probation period

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A0365-25-0000

Job locations

Fishponds Primary Care Centre

Beechwood Road, Fishponds

Bristol

BS16 3TD


Job description

Job responsibilities

We are keen to recruit someone that can bring a high level of experience in quality customer service and who can use initiative and common sense to find practical solutions to the many enquiries we deal with each day.

Please see attached Job Description Document for further details

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are keen to recruit someone that can bring a high level of experience in quality customer service and who can use initiative and common sense to find practical solutions to the many enquiries we deal with each day.

Please see attached Job Description Document for further details

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

  • Experience of administrative duties
  • Experience of working in a health care setting

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

Desirable

  • GCSE Mathematics & English (C or above)
  • NVQ Level 2 in Health and social care

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Strong IT skills
  • Clear, polite telephone manner
  • Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  • Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
  • Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Problem solving & analytical skills
  • Ability to follow policy and procedure

Desirable

  • EMIS / Other Patient Record Clinical System

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Polite and confident
  • Flexible and cooperative
  • Motivated
  • Forward thinker
  • High levels of integrity and loyalty
  • Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
  • Ability to work under pressure

Other requirements

Essential

  • Flexibility to occasionally work outside of core office hours
  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

  • Experience of administrative duties
  • Experience of working in a health care setting

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

Desirable

  • GCSE Mathematics & English (C or above)
  • NVQ Level 2 in Health and social care

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Strong IT skills
  • Clear, polite telephone manner
  • Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  • Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
  • Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Problem solving & analytical skills
  • Ability to follow policy and procedure

Desirable

  • EMIS / Other Patient Record Clinical System

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Polite and confident
  • Flexible and cooperative
  • Motivated
  • Forward thinker
  • High levels of integrity and loyalty
  • Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
  • Ability to work under pressure

Other requirements

Essential

  • Flexibility to occasionally work outside of core office hours
  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Beechwood Medical Practice

Address

Fishponds Primary Care Centre

Beechwood Road, Fishponds

Bristol

BS16 3TD


Employer's website

http://www.beechwoodmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Beechwood Medical Practice

Address

Fishponds Primary Care Centre

Beechwood Road, Fishponds

Bristol

BS16 3TD


Employer's website

http://www.beechwoodmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Manager

Maddy Brickley

maddy.brickley@nhs.net

01179082376

Date posted

12 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour Pay reviewed at end of probation period

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A0365-25-0000

Job locations

Fishponds Primary Care Centre

Beechwood Road, Fishponds

Bristol

BS16 3TD


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