Medical Secretary

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Secretary to join our successful group of 6 practices in the Walsall area.

As part of an ongoing recruitment drive due to development of existing staff & organisational growth, we are looking to recruit a reliable, motivated & hard-working individual to join our friendly team. You would be based predominantly at one surgery though may be asked to cover at any of our Umbrella Practices for training & development or to cover in times of sickness or annual leave.

Currently based over 6 sites, we are very soon to be moving much of our operations to a brand new purpose built surgery in the centre of Walsall.

We are looking for a Medical Secretary to work as part of a friendly team to provide a high standard of secretarial support across our group of practices in & around the Walsall area.

You will be required to undertake a range of duties & tasks including general office duties such as word processing, audio typing, filing, photocopying, referrals to NHS & non NHS Services and 2 week referrals. You will be required to input and analyse computer data accurately, and to deal with enquiries from a number of sources (patients, outside agencies and other NHS organisations). You will need to be IT literate & comfortable working across a number of systems concurrently.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of post:

We are looking for a Medical Secretary to work as part of a friendly team to provide a high standard of secretarial support across our group of practices in & around the Walsall area.

You will be required to undertake a range of duties & tasks including general office duties such as word processing, audio typing, filing, photocopying, referrals to NHS & non NHS Services and 2 week referrals. You will be required to input and analyse computer data accurately, and to deal with enquiries from a number of sources (patients, outside agencies and other NHS organisations). You will need to be IT literate & comfortable working across a number of systems concurrently.

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The successful candidate will also have:

• Effective communication skills
• Good IT skills (EMISweb experience an advantage)
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently and use their own initiative
• Ability to diffuse sensitive situations with members of the public who are distressed

About us

Lichfield Street Surgery, Holland Park Surgery, Mossley Fields Surgery, Sycamore House Medical Centre, The Limes Medical Centre & Broadway Medical Centre

Umbrella Medical are offering an exciting opportunity to join our successful group of practices. We are currently CQC OUTSTANDING (2 practices)

We are a dynamic and progressive organization operating over 6 sites in Walsall with GMS and PMS contracts with approximately 35000 patients. We have high QOF achievement and offer a range of enhanced services. In addition we also participate in undergraduate and postgraduate training of healthcare professionals. Currently based over 6 sites, we are soon to be moving much of our operations to a brand new purpose built surgery in the centre of Walsall.