Job Description

Wootton Vale Healthy Living Centre has an excellent opportunity for a practice administrator to join our busy support team, on a part-time basis. The position is for 27.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working a mixture of 7.45am-1.15pm or 1pm-6.30pm, across our two sites.
Main duties of the job

• Provide full administrative support within the surgery working across a range of departments undertaking a range of administrative duties.
• Offer general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone.
• Receive, assist, and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.
• Undertake a variety of administrative duties to assist in the smooth running of the practice including the provision of secretarial and clerical support to clinical staff and other members of the practice team.
• Facilitate effective communication between patients, members the primary health care team, secondary care and other associated healthcare agencies.

About us
We are a friendly surgery with a list size of over 17,000 patients, over two sites, Wootton Vale, (MK43 9JJ), and branch site Shortstown Surgery, (MK42 0GS). Both practices are based on the outskirts of Bedford town centre and have easy access and free on-site car parking. Both practices share the same clinical and management teams, & are active members of our PCN, (Caritas). We have good appointment access, which means happy patients, and a strong teamwork ethos that includes an established clinical pharmacy team, GPs, nurses, physician associates, and a clinical liaison team who look after the clinical staff. We embrace IT and automation and often pilot new innovations.We are an accredited GP training practice for nurses, pharmacists and doctors.
Details
Date posted
02 January 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
12.40 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
29266
Job locations
Fields Road
Wootton
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK43 9JJ
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Adaptable and friendly, with strong administration, time management and organisational skills.
• An excellent communicator able to work in a confidential and discreet manner.
• Able to "think on their feet" in a busy working environment.
• Able to multi-task, work hard and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure.
• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as comfortable working independently.
• Some flexibility is required as you will sometimes need to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Adaptable and friendly, with strong administration, time management and organisational skills.
• An excellent communicator able to work in a confidential and discreet manner.
• Able to "think on their feet" in a busy working environment.
• Able to multi-task, work hard and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure.
• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as comfortable working independently.
• Some flexibility is required as you will sometimes need to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.

Skills Required