Customer Services Reception/ Administration Clerk Apprentice BROOKVALE GENERAL PRACTICE

This is a great opportunity to learn and develop within a busy, supportive healthcare setting. The successful applicant will work alongside colleagues in the practice and complete a Customer Service Level 2 qualification. Full training will be provided. There will be opportunities to progress within the role for the right candidate.

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Closing date: 06 Jun 2023

Apprenticeship summary

  • Annual wage

    £10,296.00 to £20,319.00

    Wages explained

    Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).

    Minimum Wage Rates

  • Working week

    Monday - Friday, shifts between 8.30am - 6.30pm on a rotational basis.

    Total hours per week: 37.5

  • Expected duration

    12 Months

  • Possible start date

    19 Jun 2023

  • Date posted

    03 May 2023

  • Apprenticeship level

    Intermediate
    Level 2 (GCSE)

  • Reference number

    VAC1000159927

  • Positions

    1 available

What will the apprentice be doing?

  • Processing personal and telephone requests for appointments, visits and telephone consultations and ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate healthcare professional
  • Receiving, assisting and directing patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way
  • Offering general assistance to the practice team and projecting a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone
  • Taking messages and passing on information
  • Filing and retrieving paperwork
  • Processing repeat prescriptions in accordance with practice guidelines
  • Computer data entry/data allocation and collation, processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures
  • Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team members and associated healthcare agencies and providers
  • Providing clerical assistance to clinicians as required, including word/data processing, filing, photocopying and scanning
  • Ordering, re-ordering and monitoring of stationery and other supplies
  • Dealing with clinical waste as and when received
  • Dealing with confidential waste as per practice procedures
  • Keeping the reception areas clean, tidy and free from obstructions and clutter
  • Safe and prompt handling of clinical deliveries in accordance with practice guidelines
  • Safe management of patient samples as per practice guidelines

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?

  • Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
  • Riverside College
  • Fortnightly 

What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?

Possibility of advanced level apprenticeship or ongoing employment.

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills and personal qualities

Communication skills, Organisation skills, Customer care skills, Administrative skills, Team working, Initiative, Patience

Qualifications

GCSE or equivalent 4 GCSE's including English and Maths (Grade A*-C (9-4)) Essential

About the employer

Brookvale General Practice is a busy GP surgery. They pride themselves on patient care and aim to treat all their patients promptly, courteously and in complete confidence. They feel it is important you know who you are speaking to, all their practice staff wear a name badge and will identify themselves on the telephone. Brookvale Practice is a training practice. This means hospital doctors wanting to enter general practice spend up to 12 months with them in order to gain the experience they need to become family doctors, they also train 4th year medical students from Liverpool University.

Employer

BROOKVALE GENERAL PRACTICE

Address

HALLWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

HOSPITAL WAY

RUNCORN

WA7 2UT

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Training

Training provider

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

Contact

Joanna Smith

joanna.smith@riversidecollege.ac.uk

Apprenticeship standard

Customer service practitioner

Level 2 (GCSE)

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