Receptionist (part time)

Join our Team!

We are excited to be recruiting for a Part time Receptionist to join our team to work across our 3 practices in Orkney.

Our practice is a well-established and trusted part of the community, known for delivering excellent patient care in a welcoming environment. We take pride in our dedicated team of professionals who are passionate and committed to delivering the highest standards of clinical excellence. Our practice is not only a great place to receive care, but also a rewarding and fulfilling place to build a career.

This position offers part-time hours over 2 days (Tuesday and Thursday), 8am - 5.30pm, with no evening or weekend working required.

Pay - £13.80 per hour including island allowance.

As part our benefits we offer Active Life Membership for you and your family.

At our Kirkwall and Stromness practices there is parking nearby and there is parking onsite at our Daisybank practice.

Your Role

You will be responsible for providing a professional reception service and ensuring excellent patient care in line with our practice values. In addition, you will play an important role in ensuring compliance with all health and safety guidance. 

Other duties include –

• Creating a welcoming environment for patients that sets them at ease from the outset

• Maximising the use of the internal system (Software of Excellence) to ensure accurate patient records are maintained

• Answering the telephone, making appointments and collecting patient charges

• Maintaining practice reception cleanliness standards to ensure the patient has confidence in the quality of the care they will receive
  

• Managing the appointment book for all clinicians to ensure surgery utilisation and clinician productivity while meeting patient appointment needs

About You

• Relevant experience gained in a general practice environment is desirable
  

• Proven track record in a customer/patient focused reception environment is required

• Willing to demonstrate the highest levels of patient care

• The ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team

• Enthusiastic, with an appetite to learn and develop new skills

Benefits

We know that in order to attract and retain the best talent, we must always look at ways in which we can keep our colleagues smiling. Here are some of our benefits and perks –

• Competitive pay scale

• Career progression opportunities within the group

• Recommend a friend bonus

• Company paid GDC fee

• Professional Development – access to online training and educational assistance

• Wellbeing initiatives

• Cycle to work scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Enhanced family friendly policies

• ‘You Days’ - a day off for moving house or getting married

Daisybank Clinic, Orkney Dental Kirkwall and Orkney Dental Stromness – Part of Clyde Munro Group 

Here at Clyde Munro, we celebrate the individuality and personality of each practice while providing the benefits, perks, support, and structure of working within a wider group. Although each practice has its own unique culture and working environment, we all work together towards the same goal – providing the best patient care.

We have ambitious plans for growth – not only for our business, but also for the people within the Clyde Munro family. We are extremely passionate about developing our staff and pride ourselves on our commitment to support career progression within the group.