Medical Secretary

Job summary

Would you like to work for the National Health Service and carry out an administrative role that can really make a difference and improve patient care? If so then this may be the role for you.

We are a friendly GP surgery with a great team and are willing to support the right person to be successful in the role.

Working times are fairly flexible and can be negotiated, although ideally we would like to have administrative cover spread across the week at least 4 days per week (role is 29 hours per week in total).

£12.21- £13.50 hr dependant on experience

Main duties of the job

A medical secretary provides administrative support to GP surgery staff and patients alike.

You will need to be efficient at managing your time and confident working with IT equipment and electronic correspondence.

You will need to be efficient in an office environment (typing, telephone work, recording information on computer system).

Ideally you will have a knowledge of the local health services and be able to direct referrals to the correct services.

About us

Based in Brighton, we are a busy NHS GP surgery (based in Kemptown) with a patient list of approximately 7000 patients.

We are walking distance from Brighton station and are on the bus route based off St James Street.

We have a team of approximately 25 staff, we committed to working hard to give patients a good experience of NHS healthcare.

Benefits include:

The option to joining the NHS pension scheme

5.6 weeks paid holiday (including bank holidays)

We are a friendly team and are diverse in terms of age and backgrounds.

There are a number of administrative, reception and medical staff that work together at the surgery and as an organisation we believe every individual is important to the smooth running of the surgery and providing a high level of care to patients.

Full training can be provided for most aspects of the role (but experience in a similar role or environment would be preferred).

A strong command of English language and reading ability is required to be able to thrive in the role.