Lakeside Healthcare Group

Patient Services Advisor

The closing date is 11 January 2026

Job summary

Do you have excellent customer service skills

Do you thrive in a busy, fast paced environment

Are you an organized person with great attention to detail

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we would like to hear from you

We have a great opportunity for the right candidate to join our patient services team. We are looking for someone with a passion for primary care and the drive to support our clinical service.

Main duties of the job

You will be assisting and directing patients toward the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way. Duties include

Processing appointment requests from patients for on the day and future appointments

Receive and make telephone calls as required. Divert calls and take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery

Registration of new patients computer data entry and medical records

Ensure building security

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

New Queen Street and Stanground

We are a large practice caring for 19,645 patients.

The reception team is made up of 15 members of staff across both sites.

Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3007-25-0180

Job locations

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Facilitate effective communication when receiving, assisting and directing patients, ensuring the patient accesses the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

Provide general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Facilitate effective communication when receiving, assisting and directing patients, ensuring the patient accesses the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

Provide general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Customer Service Skills
  • Experience of working in a busy & multi-functional team.
  • Call centre experience or equivalent

Desirable

  • Using Systm One Clinical database
  • Experience of working within a GP Surgery
  • A minimum of three years experience in a customer facing environment
  • Experience of handling confidential information and data.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of education

Desirable

  • Customer Service qualification
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Customer Service Skills
  • Experience of working in a busy & multi-functional team.
  • Call centre experience or equivalent

Desirable

  • Using Systm One Clinical database
  • Experience of working within a GP Surgery
  • A minimum of three years experience in a customer facing environment
  • Experience of handling confidential information and data.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of education

Desirable

  • Customer Service qualification

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

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3007-25-0180

Job locations

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


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