Medical receptionist Work, Jobs in Colchester, Ess (with Salaries)

Medical Receptionist
PrimaryCareCareers —Woolpit
- £13.85 an hour
- Overtime
- GP surgery experience
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
4d
Receptionist/Care Navigator
PrimaryCareCareers —Tiptree
- Customer service
- Front desk
- IT
- Flexible schedule
6h
Dental Receptionist
Staffa Lodge Smile Clinic —Ipswich
- £12.21 - £14.00 an hour
- Temporary
- Customer service
- English
- Administrative experience
- Employee discount
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Support Medical Secretary
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust —Southend-on-Sea
- £25,760 a year
- Part-time
- Communication skills
3d
Veterinary Receptionist
Ryder-Davies & Partners —Woodbridge
- From £12.88 an hour
- Part-time
- Organisational skills
- Front desk
- In-person
- Employee discount
Quick apply
4d
Medical Secretary
West Road sURGERY —Westcliff-on-Sea
- £12.71 - £13.50 an hour
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
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13d
GP Receptionist / Care Coordinator (Part-Time, 2 Posts Available)
Queensway Surgery —Southend-on-Sea
- £12.75 an hour
- Part-time
- GP surgery experience
- Administrative experience
- In-person
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4d
Veterinary Receptionist - Full Time / Part Time - Ipswich
Ipswich Veterinary Centre —Ipswich
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Administrative experience
- Driving
- Free parking
- Annual leave
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7d
Receptionist - maternity cover
PrimaryCareCareers —Chelmsford
- £12.78 an hour
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Driver Receptionist
Integrated Care 24 Ltd —Chelmsford
- From £12.71 an hour
- Weekend availability
- IT
- Annual leave
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Avery Healthcare —Braintree
- £12.75 an hour
- Communication skills
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Medical Receptionist

PrimaryCareCareers -
Woolpit

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Job details

Permanent
£13.85 an hour
4 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Life insurance

Qualifications

GP surgery experience
GCSE
IT
Communication skills

Full job description

About the Role

Woolpit Health Centre is seeking a professional and personable Medical Receptionist to join our busy and dedicated team. This is a key role within the practice, focused on delivering a friendly, efficient, and high-quality service to our patients while supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the Practice. The position is offered on a part-time basis for 30 hours per week working:

Monday 08:00 – 14:00
Tuesday 08:00 – 18:00 (1 hour for lunch)
Wednesday 13:00 – 18:00
Thursday 08:00 – 13:00
Friday 08:00 – 13:00

Our reception team operates on a variable shift pattern between 08:00 and 19:00. The post holder must be adaptable and willing to work across these hours to support the needs of the service.

Flexibility is essential for this role as the successful candidate will be required to adjust their working hours in line with service demands, including covering shifts at short notice when necessary.

Duties will include;

Ensuring that an effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the practice
Dealing with all general enquiries and explain surgery procedures
Answering the telephone and call navigating to appropriate clinicians or healthcare professional depending on the presenting condition
Booking, amending and cancelling patient’s appointments, ensuring optimum efficiently of the appointment system
Monitoring and processing online requests via Anima alongside the duty GPs
Receiving and recording requests for home visits, ensuring clinicians have the necessary paperwork
Undertaking various administrative actions such as scanning and uploading patient documentation as part of the workflow process, ensuring that correspondence such as reports and results are filed electronically in the correct patient’s record
Opening up/locking up of practice premises and maintaining security
Processing and distributing incoming and outgoing mail
To take messages accurately and pass on information
Filing and retrieving paperwork and medical records as necessary
Assisting patients with support on use of medical platforms such as NHS app and Anima
Monitoring daily inboxes and process digital requests
Working collaboratively as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
Providing general administrative support such as filing, photocopying and scanning
Inputting data and coding patient’s healthcare records as necessary
Resolving low level IT issues and reporting complex IT problems to the relevant organisation
Be flexible and provide cover for staff sickness and annual leave as needed
Carrying out any reasonable duties requested by the Doctors, Practice Manager, Operations Manager, Reception Manager or Lead Receptionist

As a Medical Receptionist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the patient experience. You will be the first point of contact for patients, helping them access the appropriate services and responding to enquiries in a professional and compassionate manner.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced and supportive team committed to delivering high standards of patient care.

Please see job description for more information.

About the Candidate

We welcome applications from individuals with experience in healthcare administration, particularly within the NHS. However, we also encourage candidates with strong transferable skills, excellent communication and a genuine passion for patient care to apply.

Essential:

GCSE Maths and English (Grade A-c/4-9) or equivalent
Experience of working with the general public
Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
Strong IT skills

Desirable:

Active signposting or care navigation training qualification
Experience of working in a GP Practice

About Us

Based in the Suffolk village of Woolpit, the Health Centre aims to provide: the type of care that we would expect for ourselves and our own families.

We provide services to over 16,000 patients who live in a practice area of 75 square miles of rural West Suffolk, straddling the A14, between Thurston in the west, and Haughley in the east.

We pride ourselves on the high standards of our care we are holders of the Royal College of General Practitioners Practice Accreditation Award, a quality mark held by only 19 practices in the UK.

Our 5 GP partners and 7 non-partner GPs lead a multidisciplinary team of nurses, health care assistants, pharmacists and midwives all of whom are based in our purpose-built premises.

Benefits of working for Woolpit Health Centre include:

Attractive rates of pay with annual pay review (not agenda for change)
Regular one-to-ones to aid good communication
Generous annual leave entitlement
Voluntary overtime when available
Plenty of training opportunities
Membership of the NHS contributory pension scheme including:

The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme

Life insurance

Family benefits including an adult dependants pension and children’s pension

Ill health benefits

20% employer contribution

Free uniform
Option of NHS discount and Blue Light Card for retail/dining/holidays etc

We are proud to have received a ‘Good’ rating across all areas of the Practice following our CQC inspection in January 2026.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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