The Barcellos Family Practice

Medical Secretary

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Job summary

To provide general secretarial support to the practice manager, doctors and health professionals, involving word processing and typing skills with general clerical work over two sites.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide an efficient copy typing and word processing service for GPs and health professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals including Choose and Book and private referrals, in an accurate and quality manner.
  • To make Choose and Book requests for appointments, and bookings as required.
  • To retrieve medical records and assist the completion of medical/insurance records.
  • To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with consultant secretaries, patient booking services, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries.
  • Action all Subject Access Requests and medical reports (including DVLA/HGV medicals, insurance/solicitors reports, SR1 Forms, ESA113/UC113/PIP Forms, Fostering/Adoption medicals)
  • Processing C the signs dashboard

About us

The Barcellos Family Practice serves our 8,500 patients from two surgery sites, one in Corbin Avenue, Tricketts Cross and one in Glenmoor Road, West Parley.We offer the same service across both of our branch sites.

Details

Date posted

15 November 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A4458-24-0000

Job locations

The Surgery

Corbin Ave, Tricketts Cross

Ferndown

Dorset

BH22 8AZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To provide an efficient copy typing and word processing service for GPs and health professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals including Choose and Book and private referrals, in an accurate and quality manner.
  • To make Choose and Book requests for appointments, and bookings as required.
  • To retrieve medical records and assist the completion of medical/insurance records.
  • To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with consultant secretaries, patient booking services, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries.
  • Action all Subject Access Requests and medical reports (including DVLA/HGV medicals, insurance/solicitors reports, SR1 Forms, ESA113/UC113/PIP Forms, Fostering/Adoption medicals)
  • Processing C the signs dashboard

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To provide an efficient copy typing and word processing service for GPs and health professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals including Choose and Book and private referrals, in an accurate and quality manner.
  • To make Choose and Book requests for appointments, and bookings as required.
  • To retrieve medical records and assist the completion of medical/insurance records.
  • To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with consultant secretaries, patient booking services, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries.
  • Action all Subject Access Requests and medical reports (including DVLA/HGV medicals, insurance/solicitors reports, SR1 Forms, ESA113/UC113/PIP Forms, Fostering/Adoption medicals)
  • Processing C the signs dashboard

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience as a medical secretary
  • Experience of working in a GP practice
Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience as a medical secretary
  • Experience of working in a GP practice

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

The Barcellos Family Practice

Address

The Surgery

Corbin Ave, Tricketts Cross

Ferndown

Dorset

BH22 8AZ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

The Barcellos Family Practice

Address

The Surgery

Corbin Ave, Tricketts Cross

Ferndown

Dorset

BH22 8AZ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Manager

Catherine Jones

catherine.jones@dorsetgp.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

15 November 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A4458-24-0000

Job locations

The Surgery

Corbin Ave, Tricketts Cross

Ferndown

Dorset

BH22 8AZ


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