Benedict Richards

FY1 Resident Doctor

Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • FY1 Resident Doctor at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Inclusive Education Student Intern at Warwick Medical School
    Jul 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Involved in facilitating Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Justice training for Medical School Staff and Students.

  • Westrop Medical Practice (7 yrs 4 mos)
    • Healthcare Assistant
      Oct 2019 - Jul 2025 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    • Medical Administrative Assistant
      Apr 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      • Actively communicating with patients both in person and over the telephone – filtering patient calls for appointment needs and triaging these in order to efficiently and appropriately allocate limited emergency appointments. Booking specialist clinic appointments, managing queries/complaints and processing medical documents including prescriptions and test results as part of administration. • Advanced and comprehensive use of SystemOne, a medical computer system, able to efficiently and confidently carry out tasks. Improving processes, correcting system faults, training other staff members in using the IT systems. • Professional communication with clinical staff colleagues – ensuring discretion when discussing patients, and building up a positive working relationship with these colleagues resulting in mutual respect. Identifying process duplication and liasing with operations manager to help solve these.

  • Residences Ambassador at Brunel University London
    Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Worked as Acting Senior RA, aiding the other seniors in the running of the team. • Managed the RA social media posts and initiatives – creating engaging videos to communicate study tips as well as health and wellbeing amongst the wider student community. • Engaged with students to promote a strong sense of community, common purpose whilst ensuring the living environment is one that all students happily co-exist and show consideration to others. • Hosted flat meetings to brief and take feedback from groups of students living together in halls; in order to provide pastoral support and a happy, healthy living environment. • Participated in the NUS Student Switch off sustainability and environment project, encouraging saving energy in halls of residence.

  • AST and Labs Intern at STERIS Corporation
    Aug 2016 - Aug 2016 · 1 mo

    • Completed independent projects in the marketing department including: creating quote templates, inter-site pricing comparisons, Market analysis and summary of services provided with expansion opportunities. • Learnt about the running of a corporate company and the different departments involved. • Developed my time-keeping and organisational skills in working on multiple projects at once. • Worked as part of a team in an office environment. • Developed my skills in the lab by carrying out lab tests beyond my university knowledge.