Medical Receptionist/ Care Navigator
- Employer
- Bodmin Road Health Centre
- Location
- Sale, M33 5JH
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 4 September 2026
- Closing date
- 21 September 2026
Role overview
This is an exciting career opportunity for a Part-Time Medical Receptionist (Care Navigators) to join a friendly, four partner training practice serving around 9000 patients in the ever-popular suburb of Sale, South Manchester. We are looking for friendly, helpful, enthusiastic people to join our busy team.
We have excellent staff retainment. We are advertising due to retirement.
Permanent vacancy for 20 hours per week Working week is based on a two week rota: Week 1 Mon - 8. 00-12.
30 Wed - 13. 00-18.
30 Thu - 8. 00-1.
00 Fri - 8. 00-1.
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00 Week 2 Wed - 13. 00-18.
00 Thu - 13. 00-18.
00 Fri - 13. 00-18.
00 Previous Experience of Medical Reception is desirable but not essential. A background of administration and/or customer service would also be considered.
MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST JOB DESCRIPTION RECEPTION DESK Welcoming patients into the Surgery Checking them in on screen (or advising to use self- check in) Accepting samples and directing them to correct person/ collection Accepting deliveries/ informing relevant department. Accepting new registrations, completing relevant paperwork Accepting and booking travel immunisation APTS.
Ensuring reception well stocked with sample pots/ forms/ registration packs. Answering telephone queries/appointments when necessary. (will only be necessary when only 3 or less members of staff on duty.
PRESCRIPTIONS Processing of prescriptions received from pharmacies, online requests, and hand-written requests from prescription box. Processing appliance requests from Bullen/Ainsworth/Charter etc. Making sure all medications queries are passed to either a GP or medicines management for clarification.
Directing hospital and other agency letters sent via the prescription email are passed to the relevant department. Answering the Telephone for queries/ accepting and entering patient requests onto ASKMYGP for patients without internet access.
Accurx online tool Allocation of all requests to GP, FCP, Pharmacists whilst Accurx is operational. SCAN TASKS Processing all tasks in both EMIS and Docman Routine Appointments first contact by letter, second contact by text or phone then complete.
Urgent appointments patient to be contacted and booked in. All patient documents to be scanned to notes.
Scanning to workflow to be processed when needed due to holiday cover. OTHER DUTIES Filing Summarising Making sure all printers (including Doctors rooms) have adequate paper blood forms and prescriptions.
Photocopying general forms and medical records for the purpose of legal documents. Making up Registration Packs.
PERSONAL EXTRA ROLE Change of Address Personal Details forms are actioned both on screen and in Paper Medical Records