GP Receptionist/Prescription Clerk – 12 month contract.
Applicants should have experience of working in healthcare, preferably GP surgery experience and EMIS trained, although full training can be provided for the successful applicant.
Responsibilities
- Book appointments, care navigation, respond to queries, and follow up test results via online consultations (currently Blinx PACO), telephone, and face to face.
- Process repeat prescription requests, raise acute prescriptions on behalf of the patient, and align medication in accordance with practice protocol.
- Cover core hours between 08:00 and 18:30, including one evening opening until 20:00 on a rota of approximately one late opening every 8‑9 weeks.
- Cover holidays and staff sickness as required.
Qualifications
- Experience of working in healthcare, preferably GP surgery experience.
- Experience of working within a healthcare environment.
- EMIS experience desirable (training can be provided).
- Highly motivated; able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Confident, loyal, hard‑working team player with excellent communication skills and a can‑do approach.
- Previous reception experience preferred, but not essential.
- Will be trained to the successful candidate.
Position is 25 hours a week, Monday to Friday – 5 hours per day.
Fir Park Medical Centre is a well‑run GP practice passionate about providing the highest possible care to our patients. It is a busy GP practice in Widnes with around 12,000 registered patients and a training practice with 8 GPs, 2 ANPs, 2 Clinical Pharmacists, 4 Practice Nurses, a HCA, a GP Assistant and a Physiotherapist. The practice moved to purpose‑built new premises in November 2021.
