Medical Receptionist. Job in Edinburgh Education & Training Jobs

Edinburgh Innovations; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mackenzie Medical Centre at the Usher Institute is seeking a Medical Receptionist to work in a vibrant practice serving 8,500 patients. Join a friendly team to manage front desk operations and provide exceptional service to our patients. This open-ended role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive staff benefits in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Staff Benefits

Flexible Working

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven organisational skills.
• Ability to work in a team and to use own initiative.
• Ability to prioritise tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work in a busy medical practice providing general medical services.
• Support GPs and nurses by managing front desk duties.

Skills

Customer Service

Medical Terminology

Insurance Verification

EMR Systems

Front Desk

Phone Etiquette

Job description

Description

Grade UE04: 25733 - 28381 per annum

CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended (permanent) contract

The Mackenzie Medical Centre at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Medical Receptionist to join the practice team. The hours required are until 6.15pm Monday to Friday.

The Opportunity:

To work in a busy friendly medical practice providing general medical services. Our practice list of 8500 is made up from the local population of the south east of Edinburgh. The team consists of 10 GPs two nurses 8 medical receptionists 1 medical secretary 1 IT/assistant manager and a practice manager.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Gillian Mossman Practice Manager .

Your skills and attributes for success:

Excellent communication skills.
Proven organisational skills.
Ability to work in a team and to use own initiative.
Ability to prioritise tasks.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support nurture your talent and reward success.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits which includes a generous holiday entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme staff discounts family-friendly initiatives flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

Championing equality diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the information is available on our right to workwebpages(opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 12th June 2025.

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Work with us Usher Institute- where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world.

Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant multi-disciplinary vision is tocatalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people populations and their data.

Our greatest asset is our people working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.

We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh. Working with partners across UK and international universities health and care providers policymakers industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.

Key Skills
EMR Systems,Allscripts,Multi-line Phone Systems,Customer Service,Athenahealth,eClinicalWorks,Insurance Verification,Medical office experience,Medical Terminology,Front Desk,Medical Receptionist,Phone Etiquette
Employment Type : Full-Time
Department / Functional Area: Administration
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 25733 - 28381