Church Road Surgery

Medical Receptionist

The closing date is 31 December 2025

Job summary

Job summary

Church Road Surgery, based in Aston, Birmingham, is looking for a part time medical receptionist.

The hours are to be worked over five days, however, flexibility is required to cover in the absence of the team.

General practice experience is preferred, however not essential as full training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The main duties are to answer calls, book appointments, prepare prescriptions and input documents.

You will need to be a good communicator, fluent in English, written and spoken, with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills; especially under pressure.

You will have a range of patient facing and administrative tasks, so excellent organisational skills and time management are critical.

About us

We are a well-established, GP training practice delivering family-centered continuity of care to 5,000 patients.

Our team comprises of GPs, Practice Nurses and HCA and an excellent admin team

We work with Primary Care Additional roles that include a Practice Pharmacist, Care Co-Ordinator, MSK Practitioner, Social Prescriber, Midwife and a Physician Associate

Details

Date posted

13 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1580-25-0002

Job locations

28 Church Road

Aston

Birmingham

B6 5UP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:

Receptionist

Responsible to:

The Management Team

Job Purpose:

To ensure that the reception area of the Practice runs smoothly, provides a high level of service to patients, doctors, nurses and other members of the Practice team

Duties and Responsibilities

Making appointments and signposting patients

Taking requests for prescriptions

Ambulance transport bookings

Recording home visit requests

Dealing with general enquiries.

Working with the wider NHS teams as needed

Greet and direct patients and visitors

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:

Receptionist

Responsible to:

The Management Team

Job Purpose:

To ensure that the reception area of the Practice runs smoothly, provides a high level of service to patients, doctors, nurses and other members of the Practice team

Duties and Responsibilities

Making appointments and signposting patients

Taking requests for prescriptions

Ambulance transport bookings

Recording home visit requests

Dealing with general enquiries.

Working with the wider NHS teams as needed

Greet and direct patients and visitors

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education

Desirable

  • GCSE Mathematics C or above
  • GCSE English C or above
  • AMSPAR Receptionist certificate
  • NVQII in Customer Care
  • CLAIT Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public
  • Experience of reception work

Desirable

  • Experience of working within General Practice
  • Knowledge of EMIS

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral)
  • IT skills
  • Clear, polite telephone manner
  • Time Management and the ability to work to deadlines
  • Problem solving skills
  • Interpersonal skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education

Desirable

  • GCSE Mathematics C or above
  • GCSE English C or above
  • AMSPAR Receptionist certificate
  • NVQII in Customer Care
  • CLAIT Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public
  • Experience of reception work

Desirable

  • Experience of working within General Practice
  • Knowledge of EMIS

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral)
  • IT skills
  • Clear, polite telephone manner
  • Time Management and the ability to work to deadlines
  • Problem solving skills
  • Interpersonal skills

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

Church Road Surgery

Address

28 Church Road

Aston

Birmingham

B6 5UP


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Church Road Surgery

Address

28 Church Road

Aston

Birmingham

B6 5UP


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Manager

Practice Manager

churchroad.surgeryaston@nhs.net

01214110344

Details

Date posted

13 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1580-25-0002

Job locations

28 Church Road

Aston

Birmingham

B6 5UP


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