BARDOC

Medical Receptionist / Administrator - The Birches Medical Centre

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Job summary

You will bring your skills and knowledge to the Practice, having at least 12 months GP Practice experience.

Your role will be to support the Practice Manager and wider teams in Practice functionality on a day to day basis including general office duties.

This vacancy is for 12 hours per week across 3 days [Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 08:00 - 12:00]

Please see attached job description for more details.

Main duties of the job

You will ensure that patients receive a high quality, professional service and contribute to the daily office routine by helping to cover administrative and reception duties.

You will provide our patient population with a high quality, professional service and assist the public in accessing other service providers.

About us

The Birches Medical Centre is a long established, forward thinking and dynamic GP Practice. The Practice currently serves around 4,000 Patients and is located on Polefield Road, Prestwich and close to Heaton Park.

The Practice has a strong and dedicated team who work closely together to provide the best in quality healthcare. In addition and from our central hub in Bury, we operate across a wide geographical location which encompasses Bolton, Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale, Bury and North Manchester. The servce has developed a reputation for innovation and has evolved into a Community Benefit Society which works in partnership with patients and a range of other service providers to deliver high quality patient focused care to the heart of its local communities.

Details

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.60 an hour + NHS Pension

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0230-MR-001

Job locations

The Birches Medical Centre

42 Polefield Road

Prestwich

Manchester

M25 2GN


Job description

Job responsibilities

The role will mainly involve administration, reception and general office duties. You will be 30 hours per week across 5 days [Monday to Friday]

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role will mainly involve administration, reception and general office duties. You will be 30 hours per week across 5 days [Monday to Friday]

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent. Computer literate.

Desirable

  • Minute taking.

Experience

Essential

  • At least 12 months experience of working in a GP practice.
  • Experience of general office procedures e.g. manual and computerised record and filing systems, photocopying and emails.
  • Computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and EMIS.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an office environment.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent. Computer literate.

Desirable

  • Minute taking.

Experience

Essential

  • At least 12 months experience of working in a GP practice.
  • Experience of general office procedures e.g. manual and computerised record and filing systems, photocopying and emails.
  • Computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and EMIS.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an office environment.

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

BARDOC

Address

The Birches Medical Centre

42 Polefield Road

Prestwich

Manchester

M25 2GN


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

BARDOC

Address

The Birches Medical Centre

42 Polefield Road

Prestwich

Manchester

M25 2GN


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Medical Receptionist - The Birches Medical Centre

People Services

bardoc.humanresources@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.60 an hour + NHS Pension

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0230-MR-001

Job locations

The Birches Medical Centre

42 Polefield Road

Prestwich

Manchester

M25 2GN


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