🦷 Receptionist – Bupa Dental Care, Tipton (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)

Practice Manager: Lyndsay Warmer
Location: Bupa Dental Care, 1 Owen Street, Tipton, DY4 8HB

Lyndsay Warmer, Practice Manager at Bupa Dental Care Tipton, is looking for a friendly and professional Receptionist to join her amazing team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Hours: Full time (38 hours per week)

Monday: 8:30am – 5:30pm

Tuesday: 11:00am – 8:00pm

Wednesday: 8:30am – 5:30pm

Thursday: 8:30am – 5:30pm

Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm

About the Role:
As our Receptionist, you’ll be the welcoming face of our busy dental practice — supporting our clinicians and ensuring every patient receives a warm, professional experience.

We’re looking for someone with strong customer or patient-facing admin experience, excellent communication skills, and a genuine passion for providing great service.

About the Practice:
Bupa Dental Care Tipton is a friendly, well-established practice located on Owen Street, right in the heart of Tipton. The practice is easily accessible by public transport — Tipton train station is just a short walk away — and there’s free local parking nearby.

You’ll find plenty of local amenities around, including cafés, shops, and the Tipton Green Retail Park, as well as the scenic Victoria Park for a relaxing lunchtime walk.

Why join us?
At Bupa Dental Care, you’ll be part of a supportive network that values development, teamwork, and patient care.

Here at Bupa Dental Care our people are at the heart of everything we do, because we care.  We have created environments where people can look forward to coming to work, feel empowered and benefit from working collaboratively with brilliant and talented experts.

Receptionist role and responsibilities

• Meeting and greeting patients, providing a great first impression and patient journey
• Booking and amending appointments, answering the phone, updating patient records
• Co-ordinating the care packages for our patients that has been provided by our clinicians
• Confident in promoting and upselling Bupa Dental Care products and services including Plan options, Finance and Insurance claims
• Excellent customer service skills face to face, telephone and via email
• Supporting the Practice Manager and clinical team with the smooth running of the practice
• Handling payments
• Accessing sensitive information whilst maintaining patient confidentiality

Your skills and experience

• Ability to be positive and professional in a fast-paced environment
• Previous administration or receptionist experience, preferably within a healthcare setting
• Strong communication skills face to face, via telephone and email
• Proficient with Microsoft Word and Outlook with overall strong organisation skills
• Previous experience with promoting company products and services
• Preferred Dentally experience

Your salary and benefits:

We make life better for millions. That includes yours. Here are just some of the benefits on offer when you join Bupa Dental Care: 

• Competitive pay rates and the opportunity to increase this through training and development
• Access to MyHealthcare which gives you quick, easy access to free support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number. You will also receive the MyHealthcare Allowance, an annual allowance which is redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.

• My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your financial wellbeing.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK. This benefit includes access to online digital fitness providers too.
• Our mental health approach brings together a wide range of support such as our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Family Mental HealthLine and access to Personal Energy - Bupa’s own wellbeing programme.
• Discounted dental insurance which can be extended to immediate family members.
• Additional health and wellbeing benefits include Cycle to Work Scheme, free annual Flu vaccine, discounted eye tests and Bupa’s Menopause Plan.
• Wagestream – Access your income before payday, if and when you need it.
• Access to career pathways and support throughout your working life with Bupa Dental Care
• And many more, just ask.

So why wait? Apply now to be part of a brilliant team.

To find out more about working with us, find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram

Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.  

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We are committed to ensuring you are treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.