Medical Receptionist

Grade UE04 – £23,144 - £25,138 per annum. (A revised salary range for this grade of £24,533 - £27,181 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).
College of Medical & Veterinary Medicine/Molecular, Genetic & Population Health Sciences - USHER Institute – General Practice
Contract type: Full-time (35hrs per week)
Open-ended contract (Permanent)

The Mackenzie Medical Centre at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Medical Receptionist. Hours are until 6.15pm, Monday – 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 11 GPs, three 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, Gillian.mossman@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of 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.
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.

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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.

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Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment. Our vision is to catalyse 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 dates to note:

Closing date for applications is 19 April 2024

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