Penrose Health

GP Receptionist: Surrey Docks /Kingfisher Medical Centre : full time

The closing date is 01 September 2025

Job summary

The job

You will be working with our front-line clinical teams to support the delivery of the highest quality primary care service to our patients. You will be based full time at our Kingfisher Surrey Docks surgery in Lewisham.

Details

Location:Kingfisher Medical Centre,SE8 5DA.Hours:Full timeSalary:£20,530 23,463 WTE depending on experience

Main duties of the job

GP Receptionists will be responsible for helping to maintain a friendly but effective first-line of patient contact, deal with patient tasks appropriately, follow our systems and protocols and keep the practice presentable and safe.

Day to day responsibilities include answering patient queries on the phone, booking patients with the right clinician, calling patients to book them in for health checks and vaccinations. Youll need to follow our systems, policies and procedures carefully and ensure that you maintain confidentiality at all times.

About us

Our mission is to deliver the best healthcare to all of our patients

We aim to achieve this through the following:

  • Creating a skilled team of dedicated clinicians and non-clinicians available to look after our whole patient population

  • Building a large, diverse and permanent workforce within a healthy working environment to ensure stability, growth and continuity of care

  • Working with our partners at the CCG, Federations, neighbouring practices and ensuring patients have access to the full range of essential and additional services

  • Efficient, effective working through the implementation of robust systems and processes

  • Maintaining strong governance to ensure consistently high clinical standards across the board

  • Meeting / exceeding our targets and KPIs (both external and internal) to ensure we are getting the outcomes that we want

Details

Date posted

25 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20,000 to £23,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5321-25-0010

Job locations

The Kingfisher Medical Centre

3 Kingfisher Square

London

SE8 5DA


Job description

Job responsibilities

GP Receptionists will be responsible for helping to maintain a friendly but effective first-line of patient contact, deal with patient tasks appropriately, follow our systems and protocols and keep the practice presentable and safe.

Day to day responsibilities include answering patient queries on the phone, booking patients with the right clinician, calling patients to book them in for health checks and vaccinations. Youll need to follow our systems, policies and procedures carefully and ensure that you maintain confidentiality at all times.

Job description

Job responsibilities

GP Receptionists will be responsible for helping to maintain a friendly but effective first-line of patient contact, deal with patient tasks appropriately, follow our systems and protocols and keep the practice presentable and safe.

Day to day responsibilities include answering patient queries on the phone, booking patients with the right clinician, calling patients to book them in for health checks and vaccinations. Youll need to follow our systems, policies and procedures carefully and ensure that you maintain confidentiality at all times.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • About you
  • The right candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills, be warm, friendly and empathetic but also able to influence and negotiate with patients. Youll be a fast learner who can follow our processes carefully as well as an enthusiastic and confident team player who will fit in well with our team.
  • Minimum requirements: candidates must be comfortable with computers. Previous experience working in a GP practice or with EMIS is preferred but not required. Experience in customer service fields and second languages may be helpful in your application.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • About you
  • The right candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills, be warm, friendly and empathetic but also able to influence and negotiate with patients. Youll be a fast learner who can follow our processes carefully as well as an enthusiastic and confident team player who will fit in well with our team.
  • Minimum requirements: candidates must be comfortable with computers. Previous experience working in a GP practice or with EMIS is preferred but not required. Experience in customer service fields and second languages may be helpful in your application.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Employer details

Employer name

Penrose Health

Address

The Kingfisher Medical Centre

3 Kingfisher Square

London

SE8 5DA


Employer's website

https://www.penrosehealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Penrose Health

Address

The Kingfisher Medical Centre

3 Kingfisher Square

London

SE8 5DA


Employer's website

https://www.penrosehealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Talent Acquisition Manager

Michael Willman

m.willman@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

25 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20,000 to £23,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5321-25-0010

Job locations

The Kingfisher Medical Centre

3 Kingfisher Square

London

SE8 5DA


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