Medical Secretary
Holderness Health
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Job summary
Our secretarial office is extremely busy and our new team member must have the ability to focus in this friendly but busy environment. You will work closely with your colleagues to deliver a swift and accurate secretarial service giving attention to detail and taking pride in your work.
If you share Holderness Health's values of collaboration, integrity, quality, respect and wellbeing and you are looking for a new challenge, we would welcome your application.
The work undertaken in the office is generated either by audio dictation or textual communications and the team will be more than willing to coach and advise you on their systems and workflow. There is an expectation that team members will work additional hours when it is particularly busy or if holidays and sickness need to be covered therefore, flexibility is a requirement of the role
The hours for this role will be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with one 9 hour shift and two 8 hour shifts. This will be confirmed on appointment.
Interviews for this role will take place on 23rd November 2021.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone experienced in working as a medical secretary in a healthcare setting. Applicants must be capable of typing accurately and understand medical terminology, experience of various computer applications would be a benefit to you. The clinical system used at the practice is EMIS in conjunction with ERS, Accurx and Lexacom. Following and adhering to all practice policies and procedures will assist you in becoming a strong team member.
Our secretaries process referrals on behalf of the clinicians and forward them to the relevant service for actioning. Other duties include investigating the progress of referrals that have been made, typing of reports and minutes, speaking on the telephone with patients and their carers to ensure they have the information they require to communicate with the departments taking care of them. The work of a Medical Secretary also involves liaising with practice clinicians and managers, patients and carers as well as other healthcare professionals outside of Holderness Health.
The successful candidate will be professional and polite, self-motivated, a great communicator, with enthusiasm, patience, excellent customer service skills and a sense of humor.
About us
Holderness Health is a large practice serving approximately 36,000 patients. The practice has 7 sites with the secretarial team currently being located in Hedon. Staff may be asked to work at any one of our buildings so access to transport is essential.
Currently we have a team of five experienced and knowledgeable medical secretaries working various shift patterns, they are a friendly group and will make you feel welcome.
Staff Benefits are as follows
NHS pension
An annual leave entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays
Invites to company events
Practice sick pay scheme
Staff uniform
Provision of staff training
Date posted
21 October 2021
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£9.51 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A1637-21-7647
Job locations
Church View Surgery
5 Market Hill House
Hedon
HU12 8JE
Chapel Lane
Keyingham
Hull
HU12 9RA
4 Market Hill
Hedon
Hull
HU12 8JD
Queen Street
Withernsea
HU192PZ
St. Patricks Green
Patrington
Hull
HU12 0PH
Hodgson Lane
Roos
Hull
HU12 0LF
Chapel Lane
Keyingham
Hull
HU12 9RA
Employer details
Employer name
Holderness Health
Address
Church View Surgery
5 Market Hill House
Hedon
HU12 8JE