Apprentice GP Receptionist

Chilwell Valley & Meadows Practice

Nottingham, NOTTINGHAM

Closes on Monday 14 July 2025

Posted on 30 May 2025


Summary

We are looking for a friendly, reliable and enthusiastic person with a “can-do” attitude to join our established, excellent and caring team at the Valley Surgery. We would like to hear from you if you can withstand pressurised situations, have the ability to deal with competing demands whilst remaining calm and courteous under pressure.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday – Friday. Rota basis between the hours of 7:45pm and 7pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 21 July 2025

Duration

1 year

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Taking telephone calls
  • Booking appointments
  • Dealing with patients at the desk

Where you'll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

  • Ranson Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 6DX
  • 81 BRAMCOTE LANE, BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 4ET

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

ACCESS TRAINING (EAST MIDLANDS) LTD

Your training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Your training plan

  • Apprentices will be allocated a Trainer Assessor and training will be planned and delivered in conjunction with the employer to meet
    The individual needs of the apprentice
  • The apprentice will spend 20% of their working hours off the job
    activities and training
  • On-the-job and off-the-job training will be delivered in the
    workplace

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 9 - 4 or A-C)
  • Maths (grade 9 - 4 or A-C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this company

We are a two site practice run by Chilwell Valley and Meadows Partnership, a partnership of 13 GP’s and an active member of Nottingham West Primary Care Network.

http://www.chilwellmeadowssurgery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

If we have a opening for a position we would offer this to the
applicant.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACCESS TRAINING (EAST MIDLANDS) LTD

Cameron Murrin-Spencer

cameron.murrin-spencer@atem.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313276.

Apply now

Closes on Monday 14 July 2025

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