Hartlepool & Stockton Health [H&SH]

Medical Receptionist

The closing date is 09 January 2026

Job summary

Alma Medical Centre, is a friendly supportive GP Practice is Stockton. We are looking to recruit a receptionist to join our busy reception team. The successful candidate will be a point or contact in assisting patients to receive appropriate professional healthcare, be welcoming and deliver a high quality, professional and patient focused care.

A medical receptionist is the primary representative of our GP Practice. A medical receptionist will need to be capable of handling stressful situations at any given time in order to help the patient in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

We require someone who can join our team and bring with them the above skills that will enhance the care we provide to our patients. Our patients are our forefront, and we aim to provide them with a positive experience when they access health care provided by the surgery.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the general reception duties within the Practice and work within our established processes, policies, and procedures to provide a comprehensive high-quality service and deal efficiently with patient enquiries.

Your regular duties in this role will be dealing with telephone, face to face and electronic enquiries, booking and/or amending patient appointments and home visits, contacting patients to provide information from the clinical team and assisting patients to access our services and those available in the wider community.

About us

At Hartlepool and Stockton Health GP Federation our guiding aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. Relationships are key to everything we do and by working with our practice members and their Primary Care Networks, as well as other local partners, we strive to provide excellent services that help people to live their best lives.

As part of this support, we are hosting this job advert on behalf one of our member practices, Alma Medical Centre.

We are a friendly supportive GP Practice in Stockton on Tees with over 11,000 patients. We are a training practice with a multidisciplinary team including, 5 partners, salaried GPs, ANP's, Practice Nurses and HCA's. We have social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches pharmacy administrators, administrators and receptionists.

We are located in a purpose-built facility, with staff parking. We are within walking distance to Stockton shopping centre.

Details

Date posted

23 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.30 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0524-25-0054

Job locations

Alma Medical Centre

Nolan Place

Stockton-on-tees

Cleveland

TS18 2BP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Receiving patients, making appointments, dealing with patient queries.

Processing telephone requests for appointments, telephone queries and ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate healthcare professional or external health care provider to address the patient's needs.

Taking messages and passing on information.

Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team member and associated healthcare agencies and providers.

Signposting patients to appropriate health professionals and services.

Computer data entry/data allocation and collation; processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures.

Keeping the reception area, notice boards, leaflet etc. tidy and presentable.

Perform any other relevant and reasonable duties that may be requested by the Practice Manager, reception manager or partners.

To assist with the gathering of information such as QOF and audits.

Processing repeat prescriptions in accordance with practice guidelines.

OTHER DELEGATED DUTIES

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive - it may be changed after consultation with the post holder.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Receiving patients, making appointments, dealing with patient queries.

Processing telephone requests for appointments, telephone queries and ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate healthcare professional or external health care provider to address the patient's needs.

Taking messages and passing on information.

Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team member and associated healthcare agencies and providers.

Signposting patients to appropriate health professionals and services.

Computer data entry/data allocation and collation; processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures.

Keeping the reception area, notice boards, leaflet etc. tidy and presentable.

Perform any other relevant and reasonable duties that may be requested by the Practice Manager, reception manager or partners.

To assist with the gathering of information such as QOF and audits.

Processing repeat prescriptions in accordance with practice guidelines.

OTHER DELEGATED DUTIES

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive - it may be changed after consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

  • GCSE English & Maths Grade A-C. NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Business, Administration or Customer Service.

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience in GP Receptionist Role. SystmOne clinical computing system experience, however full training will be provided.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

  • GCSE English & Maths Grade A-C. NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Business, Administration or Customer Service.

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience in GP Receptionist Role. SystmOne clinical computing system experience, however full training will be provided.

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

Hartlepool & Stockton Health [H&SH]

Address

Alma Medical Centre

Nolan Place

Stockton-on-tees

Cleveland

TS18 2BP


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Hartlepool & Stockton Health [H&SH]

Address

Alma Medical Centre

Nolan Place

Stockton-on-tees

Cleveland

TS18 2BP


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Jill Harrison

jill.harrison1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

23 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.30 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0524-25-0054

Job locations

Alma Medical Centre

Nolan Place

Stockton-on-tees

Cleveland

TS18 2BP


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