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GP Practice Receptionist
Role summary
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The GP Practice Receptionist is responsible for welcoming patients, answering telephone and online enquiries, booking and cancelling appointments, processing prescriptions, updating medical records, and directing patients to appropriate services. Candidates should have strong communication and customer-service skills, basic computer literacy, accuracy, discretion, and the ability to remain calm in a busy environment. Experience in general practice, healthcare administration, or reception work is advantageous, although training may be provided. The role requires strict confidentiality, sensitivity when dealing with patients, teamwork, reliability, and flexibility. Applicants must be willing to follow NHS procedures, safeguarding requirements, data-protection rules, and practice policies.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
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About Plashet Harmony Practice
Plashet Harmony Practice is a general medical practice serving patients in the Plashet and East London area. As a primary-care provider, the practice offers services such as GP consultations, nurse-led clinics, health checks, immunisations, chronic-condition management, repeat prescriptions, and referrals to other NHS services. Its reception and administrative teams help coordinate patient access, maintain accurate records, support clinicians, and ensure that patients receive clear information about available care. Working in the practice is likely to involve a busy, diverse community environment where confidentiality, empathy, efficiency, and teamwork are important. The organisation operates within NHS primary-care standards and is expected to follow relevant safeguarding, information-governance, equality, and patient-safety requirements.