Administrator

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

The De Parys Group has an opportunity for an administrator to join our busy practice support team, on a full time basis working 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertaking a variety of administrative duties to assist in the smooth running of the practice, including the provision of secretarial and clerical support to clinical staff and other members of the practice team;
  • Data entry and read coding of relevant patient information and medical data into the clinical system;
  • Scanning patient information into computerised records, including medical documents, hospital records and letters, as necessary;
  • Read-coding the information into the partnership's clinical system;
  • Retrieving paper notes as requested;
  • Photocopying documents as required;
  • Dealing with referrals to primary care;
  • Actioning tasks set by clinicians and the practice manager;
  • Processing practice post and emails;
  • Reviewing and summarising medical records;
  • Registering new patients;
  • Covering reception, as and when required;
  • Handling phone enquiries efficiently.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

About us

De Parys Groups priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 38,000 patients registered with the practice. We aim to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and support organisations, to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have a strong training ethos within the practice with a team of medical and non-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress.

Our team is currently made up of approximately 160 members of staff and is continually growing, including; GP partners, salaried GPs, practice nurses, minor illness nurses, health care assistants, paramedics, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, admin teams (with managers and team leaders), patient support team (reception team), GP support team, medical secretaries, prescribing clerks, administrators and clinical coders, dispensary team, patient care coordinators and senior management team.

Date posted

30 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

7759

Job locations

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Experience

Essential

  • Experienced medical administrators, with excellent IT and typing skills;
  • Adaptable and friendly, with strong administration, time management and organisational skills;
  • Excellent communicators able to work in a confidential and discreet manner;
  • Able to "think on their feet" in a busy working environment;
  • Able to multi-task, work hard and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure;
  • Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as comfortable working independently.
  • Some flexibility is required as you will sometimes need to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Experience

Essential

  • Experienced medical administrators, with excellent IT and typing skills;
  • Adaptable and friendly, with strong administration, time management and organisational skills;
  • Excellent communicators able to work in a confidential and discreet manner;
  • Able to "think on their feet" in a busy working environment;
  • Able to multi-task, work hard and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure;
  • Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as comfortable working independently.
  • Some flexibility is required as you will sometimes need to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

De Parys | The De Parys Group

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

30 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

7759

Job locations

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


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