Dental Receptionist

Wight Healthcare; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

HIOWH Special Care Dental Service is recruiting a Dental Receptionist for the Special Care Dental clinic at Pickles Coppice, Millbrook, Southampton. The role includes providing comprehensive reception and administrative support to the dental team and ensuring a smooth patient experience with dignity and respect.

The successful candidate will be confident, handle pressure well, and communicate effectively with patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, communication skills, and IT and organisational abilities.
• Proficiency with Outlook, Word, and Excel and good keyboard skills.
• Knowledge of a dental software package would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide reception and administrative support to the dental team.
• Cover at other clinics as needed, including travel across the Hampshire area.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Organisational skills

Keyboard skills

Tools

Dental software

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

Are you an enthusiastic, flexible, reliable team player with excellent communication skills?

HIOWH Special Care Dental Service is looking to recruit a Dental Receptionist to work within the Special Care Dental clinic situated at our Pickles Coppice, Millbrook, Southampton.

Our service delivers routine and urgent care to patients, adults and children who are unable to access care in the General Dental Services due to their additional needs. This includes adults and children with a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, social impairment or disability and individuals with behavioural difficulties or dental anxiety.

You will provide reception and administrative support to the whole dental team, providing an efficient effective service for our special care patients. There will be a need for you to provide cover as and when needed at the other clinics with the possibility for travel over the wider area of Hampshire.

You will be confident, able to work under pressure with the ability to communicate effectively, delivering care with dignity and respect in a kind compassionate manner.

It is important that applicants can demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication skills, excellent IT and organisational skills. Candidates should be proficient with Outlook, Word, Excel, should have competent keyboard skills, and knowledge of a dental software package would be an advantage.