199563 Medical Receptionist

                              Medical Receptionist

Job Info

• Job Identification11452
• Locations Mackenzie House, Edinburgh, EH8 9DY, GB(100% On-campus)
• Organization Edinburgh University Group
• Department Usher Institute
• Apply Before11/05/2024, 11:59 PM
• Health and Safety Requirements No key hazards identified for this post
• Criminal Record Check No criminal record check required
• Contract Type Open Ended
• Job Schedule Part time
• GradeUE04
• Number of Openings1
• Job Function Administration

Job Description

Medical Receptionist
UE04 - £25,433 - £28,081 (PRO RATA)
CMVM/MGPHS / USHER Institute - General Practice 
Contract type: Part-time (30hrs per week; hours are until 6.15pm, Monday to Friday)
Open-ended: permanent contract

The Opportunity:
The Mackenzie Medical Centre at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Medical Receptionist.  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.

Your skills and attributes for success: 
    Excellent communication skills
    Proven organisational skills
    Ability to work in a team and to use own initiative
    Ability to prioritise tasks

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Please include your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive 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.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

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. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab). 

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.

Work with us | Usher Institute- where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world.

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

The closing date for applications is 5 November 2024.
 

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 
 

Interviews dates TBC.

About Us

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrows greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About the Team

The Usher Institute works with people, populations and their data to understand and advance the health of individuals and populations through innovative collaborations in a global community. Our Director is Professor Aziz Sheikh OBE, and we sit within the Edinburgh Medical School in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.

Working with partners across the NHS, policymakers, industry partners and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos. Three core research centres in Global Health, Medical Informatics and Population Health Sciences are at the heart of the Usher Institute; also home to the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit and a bustling General Practice, the Mackenzie Medical Centre.

The Usher Institute is a truly interdisciplinary environment. Around 350 researchers and support staff with expertise in a varied range of methodologies and topics contribute to world-leading research in global health, population health sciences and medical informatics. Our research expertise is at the heart of the excellent educational experience we offer in a wide range of taught and research postgraduate programmes, both online and on-campus, our programme of continuing professional development and in our contribution to the undergraduate medical degree.

We maintain an open, engaging and dynamic environment and welcome collaborations from around the globe.

To find out more visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher