Medical Secretary

Job summary

As a medical Secreatry you will provide general secretarial support to the Practice Manager, Doctors and Health Professionals involving word processing and audio typing skills with general clerical work as required.

Main duties of the job

To provide an efficient audio, copy typing and word processing service for GPs and Health Professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, minutes, memorandums, etc. in an accurate and quality manner.

To liaise with hospitals/other departments to ensure referrals and queries are made in a timely manner to ensure the delivery of effective patient care

To establish and maintain filing and administrative systems so that written or computer information is easily accessible and secure.

To establish and maintain follow up systems associated with patients referrals and outcomes to ensure the continuity of patient clinical care within set timescales and adhering to practice guidelines, policies and procedures.

To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with others, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries.

To maintain the computer clinic system in an accurate and secure manner.

To provide cover for members of the secretarial team during periods of sickness and annual leave.

Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety & security and all aspects of safeguarding

To receive and dispatch mail and maintain a pending system.

Use of appropriate clinical systems (e.g., Choose & Book/NHS e-referrals) and following up queries

About us

Pennygate Medical Centre is a large practice, we have 10 GP Partners, 6 Salaried GP's. 3 ANPS, 3 HCA's and a large admin team. We look after roughly 18,800 patients.