Job summary
We are
looking for an experienced medical secretary who can lead and manage our
secretarial team. This is a unique opportunity
to be part of, and contribute to, the development of a new and innovative
primary care organisation. You will be working alongside our:
Patient Records Lead Manager Practice base managers HR Lead Other members of our senior management team
We are looking for someone who is interested in contributing to
and leading change. This is a new role and therefore comes with the
opportunities and challenges of establishing new ways of working. The successful candidate should have an
interest in change and establishing a strong team.
Main duties of the job
Ideally you
will need to have an understanding of primary care delivery systems and
significant experience as a medical secretary and previously have managed a
team. The successful candidate will
understand the opportunities and challenges within General Practice and be able
to interact knowledgeably with practice managers, administrators and health
professionals.
In the role you will work
with our team of existing medical secretaries to establish a secretarial
function that has clear processes and procedures to ensure safe and timely
management of secretarial support across the Partnership.
Please see attached Job description for more details
About us
The Middlewood
Partnership consists of four merged GP practices serving 34,000 patients across three
villages in North East Cheshire. We are a Primary Care Network providing high quality, sustainable, General Practice care from
premises in Bollington, Disley and Poynton.
The successful candidate will
share our values and have the energy, skills and enthusiasm to contribute to
shaping our organisation. We are looking to recruit an individual who will
undertake work across our four base practices, but will be based at our
Priorslegh Medical Centre base.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached file for full job description and person spec
Duties and Responsibilities will include aspects of
- Change management - establishing processes and procedures for the secretarial function
- Human resources - in your
capacity as Team Leader you will be responsible for HR activities for your direct reports such as appraisals, recruitment/induction, performance management, managing staffing levels etc
- Secretarial
Support - part
of your role will be as Team Leader but it is also anticipated that you will make
a major contribution to the delivery of general medical secretarial support
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached file for full job description and person spec
Duties and Responsibilities will include aspects of
- Change management - establishing processes and procedures for the secretarial function
- Human resources - in your
capacity as Team Leader you will be responsible for HR activities for your direct reports such as appraisals, recruitment/induction, performance management, managing staffing levels etc
- Secretarial
Support - part
of your role will be as Team Leader but it is also anticipated that you will make
a major contribution to the delivery of general medical secretarial support
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent in English language
Experience
Essential
- Relevant qualifications or demonstrable experience of having worked for 5 years as a medical secretary
- Previous experience of managing a team
- Previous experience of having implemented change
- Experience of working in an environment with conflicting pressures and changing workload
- Experience of working within a team and of developing good working relationships with internal and external staff at all levels
- Experience of collating data and extrapolating information
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload.
- Able to write clearly and concisely
- Able to present data and information in easily understandable formats
Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to represent the Partnership in a professional manner at all times
- A flexible approach with the ability to work under pressure and deal with conflicting demands
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent in English language
Experience
Essential
- Relevant qualifications or demonstrable experience of having worked for 5 years as a medical secretary
- Previous experience of managing a team
- Previous experience of having implemented change
- Experience of working in an environment with conflicting pressures and changing workload
- Experience of working within a team and of developing good working relationships with internal and external staff at all levels
- Experience of collating data and extrapolating information
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload.
- Able to write clearly and concisely
- Able to present data and information in easily understandable formats
Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to represent the Partnership in a professional manner at all times
- A flexible approach with the ability to work under pressure and deal with conflicting demands
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
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.