Medical Receptionist FTC until July 2027

TRT Construction Services; Colchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days holiday

Discretionary performance bonuses

Company performance bonus

Personal performance bonus

Enhanced maternity & adoption pay

Free flu vaccinations

DBS

Eye tests and glasses reimbursement

Bluelight card

Training and development

Recommend a Friend Scheme

Exclusive discounts and wellbeing hub

Job summary

SpaMedica is recruiting a Medical Receptionist on a fixed term contract until July 2027, based across our Colchester Hospital cluster. The role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, working 4 days out of 6, from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, at 100 The Crescent, Colchester.

You will greet visitors and callers professionally, register new patients, scan documents, book appointments with confidentiality, and manage reception for each clinic while delivering excellent patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS or private healthcare reception is desirable.
• Excellent communication and confidentiality skills.
• Professional and courteous interacting with patients and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Greet visitors and telephone callers professionally.
• Register new patients and scan documents onto the medical system.
• Send letters to patients and photocopy notes as required.
• Book appointments with strict attention to patient confidentiality.
• Manage reception responsibilities for each clinic and provide excellent customer care.

Job description

Role: Medical Receptionist - Fixed Term Contract until July 2027

Location: 100 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, CO4 9YQ

This role will be based within our Colchester Hospital cluster, which involves working across multiple sites across the region. Hours: Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week, working 4 days out of 6, from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Salary: £25,000

Here at SpaMedica, our focus is on patient care, safety and satisfaction. As the UK’s largest provider of NHS cataract surgery, we’re experts at what we do, and that’s evidenced in the five-star feedback we receive from our patients.

Joining us as a Medical Receptionist you will support our visions and values of safety, integrity, kindness and transparency are embedded in our day to day care to ensure we deliver the best service possible.

All of SpaMedica’s hospitals inspected by the CQC have been rated as ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’.

Responsibilities

• We need somebody to ensure that all visitors and telephone callers to the practice are greeted professionally
• You will register new patients, scan documents onto our medical system, send letters to patients as necessary & photocopy notes and other information
• You will make appointments for our patient applying your understanding of patient confidentiality & attention to detail
• Managing reception responsibilities for each clinic
• Effective with all administration tasks
• Providing excellent customer care to all our patients

We’re proud to be Investors In People Platinum Accredited which puts us in the top 7% of IIP organisations.

We are rated a great place to work and hold awards for GPTW Best Workplaces for Development, Women and Wellbeing.

SpaMedica benefits

• 22 days holiday (increasing with length of service) + Bank Holidays

• Discretionary Performance bonuses awarded twice a year;
  • Company performance bonus
  • Personal performance bonus
• Enhanced Maternity & Adoption pay
• Free flu vaccinations and DBS
• Reimbursement for eye tests and glasses (up to £75)
• Eligibility for Bluelight card
• Continuous training and development (apprenticeships, internal development programmes)
• Recommend a Friend Scheme (£350 reward for both)
• Access to exclusive discounts, colleague perks, online recognition and wellbeing hub on our SpaMedica&Me platform

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications or successfully appoint a candidate.

Important Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. Therefore, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Equality and Diversity

SpaMedica is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. We ensure our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Our Commitment

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We ensure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Disability Confidence

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to inclusive recruitment practices. We welcome applications from individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

For more about us, visit SpaMedica.