Medical Receptionist

Job summary

We are looking for a receptionists to work 30 hours at the University Health Board managed GP practice, Ferndale Medical Centre, in Ferndale & Maerdy.

Main duties of the job

Ferndale Medical Centre is a busy GP surgery with around 7862 patients, based over two sites. The successful candidates will be required to work across the main surgery and the branch surgery in Maerdy. Ferndale Medical Centre is currently directly managed by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board with a view to returning to an independent practice in the future.

The successful candidates will be confident, reliable, professional and possess the ability to interact positively with patients. There will be a need for strict confidentiality. The post-holders must be computer literate and be able to work well under pressure as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Training will be given however previous experience of working in a GP practice or similar health setting is required.

The posts is part time and a flexible approach will be required to work within the practice rota.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.