Business Administrator Apprentice

  • Company: Wootton Vale Healthy Living Centre
  • Location: Bedford, MK43 9JJ
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary:
  • Sector: Business Services
  • Ref: VAC-11577
  • Application Deadline Date: 21/10/2018
  • Start Date: 29/10/2018
  • Positions Available: 2
  • Working Week: 37.5 hrs p/w Mon-Fri

Brief Description

Working in the Practice Reception/Admin team, who deal with the Administrative patient facing functions in the surgery.

Qualifications Required

You will need a minimum of four GCSEs A*-C / 9-4 including English and maths.

Personal Qualities

GP practices are busy and demanding environments so candidates must be robust and able to work and, indeed, thrive in such circumstances.

Skills Required

• Good customer service skills (or desire to help people)
• Interest in working in the health sector
• Good people skills

Training to be Provided

You will gain the following qualifications:
Business Administrator Level 3 Apprenticeship

Plus…
•Functional Skills in English and Maths
•Functional Skills in ICT

During this apprenticeship you will study a range of topics, including:
•IT
•Record and document production
•Decision making
•Planning and organisation
•Project management
•Policies
•Relevant regulations
•Stakeholders
•Processes and external environment factors.

Future Prospects

We are a new fast growing organisation. There are therefore many opportunities for career development for those candidates with the drive to develop. For example, our last apprentice, on completing her apprenticeship, joined the Administration Team. She was then promoted to "Site Supervisor" at our branch surgery. She then decided that she wanted more patient contact and to move into a more clinical role so she has just qualified as a Healthcare Assistant.

Vacancy Detail

Working in the Practice Reception/Admin team, who deal with the Administrative patient facing functions in the surgery. The Admin/Reception Team support the clinical staff and customer service to our patients.

The candidate will learn all aspects of administration in a busy NHS GP practice.


This will include:


• Reception duties; making and answering patient telephone calls; making appointments for patients with our doctors and nurses;

• Handling post;

• Scanning correspondence and coding and filing;

• Using the practice clinical computer system;

• Using word processing and spreadsheet software to undertake business functions

This apprenticeship has expired