Receptionist/Administrator Fixed Term to cover ML

HCRG Care Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

Learning management system & formative

Cycle to work scheme

Travel season ticket loans

Discount cards

Wellbeing app

Job summary

Operose Health is seeking a Receptionist/Administrator at The Lister Practice to cover a fixed-term contract for 12 months. The position is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with a salary up to £25,838.00.

You will handle patient queries, manage appointments, and maintain confidential records, using Word and Excel. NHS experience is welcome but not essential, with a supportive team and a range of employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Reception or customer care experience essential.
• Must have basic PC skills such as Word, Excel and email.
• Able to work within processes, procedures and maintain confidently and data security.
• Previous NHS experience welcome but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Respond to patient queries and liaise with the wider primary care team as well as managing appointment requests, signposting patients to our range of services and maintaining patient records and confidentiality.
• Emailing, scanning and coding clinical correspondence.
• Processing prescriptions requests.
• Utilising other information systems to support efficient workflow processes.

Skills

Reception or customer care experience

Excellent communication

Data security awareness

Tools

Word

Excel

Email

Job description

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Receptionist/Administrator Fixed Term to cover ML

Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/165869/20398

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Fixed Term - Full Time

12 months

Weekly contracted hours:

37.50

Location:

The Lister Practice

Closing Date:

24/09/2026

Job Category:

Operose - Reception/Admin

Service type:

Operose - Southwark

Business Unit:

OH - The Lister Practice

Package Description

How we’ll support you:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata.
• Access to our bespoke learning management system and annual formative clinical assessments to support competency development.
• The benefits of working with an at scale provider of primary care means that we lots of opportunities for our colleagues to specialise and develop.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Travel season ticket loans
• Discount cards.
• Employee wellbeing services including free yoga videos and employee wellbeing app.

Job Introduction

Job title: Receptionist/Administrator

Location: The Lister Practice

Salary: Up to £25,838.00

Hours: 37.5

Help us to deliver great primary care by improving access, outcomes and patient experience.

At Operose Health, we delivery local primary care, at scale. It is our purpose to improve access, outcomes and patient experience. Our colleagues live our values and our empowered to be the best they can be for our patients, and each other – because we CARE.

Caring

We listen and through compassion, understanding and a willingness to keep an open mind, we support and empower people to have a healthier future.

Ambitious

Through determination and our passion for transforming the patient experience, we continue to redefine and revolutionise the future of primary care.

Resourceful

Creative, agile, with a devotion for lifelong learning, we go above and beyond to improve the quality of our services.

We strive to do the best we can do and be the best we can be for our patients, employees and NHS partners.

Main Responsibilities

As a valued member of the Operose Health team, your key duties will include:

• Responding to patient queries and liaising with the wider primary care team as well as managing appointment requests, signposting patients to our range of services and maintaining patient records and confidentiality.
• Emailing, scanning and coding clinical correspondence.
• Processing prescriptions requests.
• Utilising other information systems to support efficient workflow processes.

The Ideal Candidate

What we look for in new colleagues:

• Reception or customer care experience is essential as well as an excellent communicator both spoken and written.
• Must have basic PC skills such as Word, Excel and email.
• Able to work within processes, procedures and maintain confidently and data security.
• Previous experience of working in the NHS is welcome but not essential.

About The Company

We provide local primary care, at scale

Operose Health delivers primary care to over 700,000 registered patients, across 82 locations in 16 ICB areas. We have over 250,000 attendances at our urgent care centres and support some of the most vulnerable people through our specialist GP surgeries.

Our clinical model of localised delivery allows services to concentrate on local health needs, priorities and connections - whilst benefitting from the regional and centralised support that scale provides.

We transform communities and reduce heath inequality

Our patients are our partners and we are committed to empowering and supporting them to lead healthier lives. We use patient feedback, our innovative data systems and scale to adapt services to meet local need, reduce health care inequality and drive integration within our neighbourhoods.

We have a unique offering in the NHS

Through our reach, innovative data systems, scale and determination, we have the capability and insight to support the NHS with access and delivery challenges.

We care about our patients, our people, our communities and neighbourhoods, and the future of primary care. We are led by our values and are a trusted provider in the NHS.