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SalaryAre you looking to start your career within a local and friendly medical practice?
We are a local GP practice based in Ayr who pride ourselves on patient care and we are looking to add a likeminded individual to the team.
We are going through a period of growth and looking to expand the reception team as a result. Over the last few years, we have taken on several apprentices to offer them experience within our industry. We are now able to open another opportunity and keen to nurture an apprentice into the team.
Responsibilities:
- Provide a high quality and responsive reception service to all patients ensuring that the reception runs efficiently
- Registering of new patients
- Opening mail and lab results, sorting, scanning, date stamping all letters and reports
- Checking and dealing with tasks received from GPs promptly and accurately
- Recording home visits
- Repeat and special request prescriptions
- Making all appointments both new and return, by telephone or in person
- Telephoning hospitals / secretaries to make or chase up appointments or reports
Desirable skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good attention to detail
- Good relationship building skills
- Professional manner
- A people person
- An interest in working in the healthcare centre
- A willingness to work for the team
- Passion for customer service
Benefits:
- No weekends
- All public holidays off
- Employee assistance programme
- Free parking at practice if applicable
Desired qualifications:
4 x national 5 passes or equivalent, including English.
Salary:
£11,700 per annum
Working week:
30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am – 4pm
Future Prospects:
90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.
Important information:
This vocational apprenticeship comprehensively supports your specific job role with this particular employer. Throughout your learning journey, you are fully supported by your dedicated QA skills coach and your mentor at work. They ensure you settle in, help you develop all the skills you need to be successful in your job role and pass your assessments, and can provide one to one support.
Starting with insights into your current potential, they plan your growth in a programmatic way, close skills gaps with immersive training and ensure what you learn is applicable to what you do. They talk you through the specifics on the qualifications you gain and how they align in particular to your day to day role.
On completion, as well as the valuable work experience you have gained, you get a nationally recognised qualification at SCQF Level 6.
If you are interested in starting your career and receiving a work based qualification at the same time APPLY NOW!
