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.
About the Practice/Department/Team
The Patient Services teams are made up of reception/prescription/secretary and administration. All of which are an integral part of the running of the surgery.
Job Introduction
This is a position working within the reception team answering incoming calls to the surgery and dealing with reception related administration work. It will also involve working on the reception desk and receiving patients and other visitors to the surgery and dealing with their queries. You will be trained on all the relevant procedures for the department.
What you will do
Key Responsibilities will be
1 – answering the telephone
2- working on the front desk
3 – issuing prescriptions
4- completing reception related administration work
Essential Criteria
1. Customer Service Skills
2. Experience of working in a busy & multi-functional team.
3. Call centre experience or equivalent
4. Experience of using Microsoft office packages
What we offer you (Benefits)
- Generous holidays (additional long service entitlements)
- NHS pension and continuous service entitlements
- NHS Discounts (Blue light card)
- Development opportunities
- Lakeside Healthcare is proud to be a Living Wage employer
Application process – candidate information
We encourage candidates to not delay their application as we retain the right to close the advert early should the volume of applications become very high.
We anticipate that shortlisting will commence one week after closing and will advise of interview arrangements if successful however this timeline is dependent on the number of applications.
We also aim to communicate with all candidates on the status of their application. If you require full job description and person spec this can be provided to you at interview, or you can contact our central HR team.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application stage or interview, please contact our central HR team (details can be found on our website www.lakesidehealthcare.co.uk [or you can message us through Indeed]
Website
Please check out our website for everything you want to know about who we are.
[https://www.thelakesidesurgery.co.uk/]
Equality and Diversity
We value diversity and we're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and to reach their full potential, and we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and cultures. We believe that a diverse workforce will help us to care for and support our patients and employees better. Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 yrs. so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
Equal Opportunities
Lakeside Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all our staff and job applicants are protected from unlawful discrimination. All employees and job applicants will be treated equally, fairly and with respect. We will endeavour, through appropriate training, to ensure that our hiring teams making selection and recruitment decisions will not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously, in making these decisions throughout our recruitment and selection processes and follow recognised industry best practice.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £11.60 per hour
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you have the right to work in the UK? (Yes/No) – If you answered Yes you must be able to provide sufficient evidence upon interview.
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 24/11/2024