Medical Secretary

SWALLOWNEST HEALTH CENTRE

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an efficient, proactive, motivated and competent Medical Secretary to provide full administrative and secretarial support to the GP's and wider clinical team at Swallownest Health Centre. Working in a challenging and constantly changing environment, you will need to have excellent administrative, organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.

You will also need to possess the ability to multi task, pay close attention to detail and work on your own initiative as well as being a team player. You will need to be able to demonstrate the skills required to manage the workload in a proactive and effective manner and in accordance with agreed deadlines.

INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY 24TH AUGUST ONLY

PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLY DUE TO DEMAND

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

Duties will include a full range of secretarial tasks. Proficiency with accurate touch typing, Microsoft packages, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook are essential. Additional training will be provided.

About us

Swallownest Health Centre is a large, friendly, enthusiastic and supportive training practice caring for around 16,500 patients located in Rotherham, covering the areas of Aston, Aughton, Swallownest, Ulley, Fence and Todwick.

We pride ourselves on being able to offer a safe and enjoyable environment to practice in and there is very rarely a day go by when we haven't had the opportunity to laugh with a colleague or patient!

With the changing face of General Practice and the increasing pressures, a good team, with a can do, forward thinking view, is essential, and we have it by the bucket load. We genuinely care about our patients, staff and colleagues and our ethos reflects this. Don't take our word for it, come and see for yourself to see if we may be what you need for a really rewarding career.

We use TPP SystmOne and are high QOF achievers. We were rated 'good' in all areas and outstanding for providing caring services and care of older people by CQC at our last inspection.

Date posted

04 August 2020

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£9.68 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1028-20-3847

Job locations

Worksop Road

Swallownest

Sheffield

S26 4WD


Worksop Road

Swallownest

Sheffield

S26 4WD


Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide full administrative and secretarial support to the GP's and wider team. Please see attached document for in depth Job Description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide full administrative and secretarial support to the GP's and wider team. Please see attached document for in depth Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • - Typing to RSA standard or equivalent experience
  • - Ability to work as part of a team but use own initiative
  • - Good customer service skills
  • - Ability to communicate effectively
  • - Flexible
  • - Able to work in a changing environment
  • - Good organisational skills
  • - Able to work under pressure -
  • - Pleasant and articulate
  • - Maintain confidentiality at all times
  • - Evidence of sound GCSE results (or equivalent)
  • - Patient and understanding
  • - Ability to follow instructions and procedures
  • - Work accurately and methodically
  • - Working with all types of people
  • - Be confident in using the phone
  • - Ability to recommend and contribute to new ideas for overall efficiencies of service
  • - Ability to prioritise

Experience

Desirable

  • - Experience of SystmOne clinical system
  • - Experience of Electronic Referral System (ERS)
  • - Experience of Primary Care Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
  • - Experience of dealing with patients/public Experience of dealing with people who may be angry or upset
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • - Typing to RSA standard or equivalent experience
  • - Ability to work as part of a team but use own initiative
  • - Good customer service skills
  • - Ability to communicate effectively
  • - Flexible
  • - Able to work in a changing environment
  • - Good organisational skills
  • - Able to work under pressure -
  • - Pleasant and articulate
  • - Maintain confidentiality at all times
  • - Evidence of sound GCSE results (or equivalent)
  • - Patient and understanding
  • - Ability to follow instructions and procedures
  • - Work accurately and methodically
  • - Working with all types of people
  • - Be confident in using the phone
  • - Ability to recommend and contribute to new ideas for overall efficiencies of service
  • - Ability to prioritise

Experience

Desirable

  • - Experience of SystmOne clinical system
  • - Experience of Electronic Referral System (ERS)
  • - Experience of Primary Care Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
  • - Experience of dealing with patients/public Experience of dealing with people who may be angry or upset

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

SWALLOWNEST HEALTH CENTRE

Address

Worksop Road

Swallownest

Sheffield

S26 4WD


Employer's website

https://swallownesthealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

SWALLOWNEST HEALTH CENTRE

Address

Worksop Road

Swallownest

Sheffield

S26 4WD


Employer's website

https://swallownesthealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Sarah Buckley

ROCCG.swallownesthealthcentre@nhs.net

01144333888

Date posted

04 August 2020

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£9.68 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1028-20-3847

Job locations

Worksop Road

Swallownest

Sheffield

S26 4WD


Worksop Road

Swallownest

Sheffield

S26 4WD


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