Dental Receptionist

at  Portman Dentex

Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Dental Receptionist maternity cover to join our North Street Dental Practice, part of the Portman Dental Care group, in Lewes.
About the role and practice
We are a friendly and family oriented dental practice in Lewes that caters to all under our care. We have been established since 1967 and have developed an enviable reputation based upon creating a professional practice with a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
If you are an experienced Dental Receptionist looking to work in a positive and friendly team environment, with supportive and highly skilled clinicians, and where you can further develop your career, then this is the practice for you.

What’s in it for you?

• Full Time hours: 40 hours per week Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm. Please note, there may be some Saturdays required on an ad hoc basis, but this is not expected to be a regular occurrence.
• Practice bonus scheme - our colleagues are key to Portman’s success, so you’ll be entitled to a bonus based on your practice’s performance
• Special days - in addition to your holiday allowance and bank holidays, you are also able to take special days off for occasions such as your birthday, getting married, moving house and more
• Opportunity to buy up to an additional 3 annual leave days per year
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Paid company sick pay
• Life assurance contributory pension scheme
• Employee Referral Scheme – earn up to £3,000 per referral
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7, 365 days a year confidential helpline and counselling service providing help and advice on a range of issues
• GP service – 24/7 access to an experienced GP (either by video or telephone call), as well as second medical opinions, private prescriptions, and referrals
• Cycle to work scheme
• Benefits platform with access to discounted shopping, cinema, travel, and much more

About you
We welcome your application if you have proven front of house Reception experience, ideally within a dental or healthcare setting, although training will be provided. We’d love you to be motivated, organised and a good communicator who thrives upon maintaining good standards, in addition to offering a warm and welcoming environment to patients and visitors and driving to constantly deliver and improve the patient journey.

Our vision is to be the best private focused dental group in the world, providing exceptional patient experience and excellent clinical care. To achieve this, we champion individuality and invest in the people who will deliver this to our patients. If your professional values and behaviours align with ours below, isn’t it time to join the Portman Dental family?

• You focus on maintaining high standards of patient care at all times
• You are positive, enthusiastic and honest in all aspects of your job
• You’re able to motivate both yourself and others to achieve great results for our patients
• You enjoy recognising successes and sharing your opinions and ideas with others

About us
We are a leading provider of private-focused dental care across the UK and Ireland. Recently, we have merged with Dentex bringing together two of the UK’s leading providers of private-focused dental care with shared values based on community, integrity and dedication to clinical freedom. Both companies celebrate the individuality of our practices and their teams and our shared focus remains on putting people first; this means exceptional care for our patients, industry-leading support for our practices and access to the best professional opportunities. Together we are one of the largest dental group’s in the UK, operating over 350 UK practices, with more than 4,000 members in our community, providing for more than 1.5 million patients annually across the UK, Ireland and Benelux.
If you would like to find out more about joining Portman as a Lead Dental Receptionist, please feel free to review our website for more information or check out our excellent colleague reviews on Indeed and Glassdoor. Alternatively, you are welcome to share this opportunity with your friends and professional network.

Please refer the Job description for details