Medical Secretary

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

Church Street Partnership has a fantastic opportunity for a medical secretary to join their team on a part-time basis, for 20-25 hours per week (days negotiable). We start at 9am and finish at 5pm.

This is an essential front-line role at the practice, providing an efficient, comprehensive secretarial and administrative support service to the practice management team.

Main duties of the job

  • Providing a full secretarial service including efficient typing, copy-typing and word processing, for all GPs and health professionals, as required. This includes the typing of emails, letters, reports, patient referrals, meeting minutes, memorandums, etc., in an accurate and quality manner;
  • Handling patient and practice queries, regarding hospital appointments and treatments, confidentially;
  • Ensuring that any requests for information from medical records are appropriately dealt with, according to practice policy, and that all subsequent charges are invoiced appropriately;
  • Arranging meetings (to include the booking of rooms) as required;
  • Designing template letters and forms for use throughout the practice, as required;
  • Maintaining the computer-based clinic system, in an accurate and secure manner;
  • Assisting with the gathering of statistics and information, when required;
  • Performing any reasonable administrative tasks, as requested by the practice manager.

Please see the attached job description for further information.

About us

Church Street Partnership offers full training and a range of benefits including:

  • On site parking
  • Eye-care vouchers
  • Health service discounts
  • NHS pension scheme

Please visit www.churchstsurgery.co.uk for information regarding our practice.

Date posted

21 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.19 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

7740

Job locations

30a Church Street

Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire

CM23 2LY


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

  • Secretarial Experience Essential

Experience

Essential

  • Strong audio and touch-typing skills;
  • Administrative experience and good organisation skills;
  • Sound knowledge of medical terminology;
  • At least 1 year or equivalent of medical secretarial experience;
  • Proficiency in the MS Office package, as well as excellent general IT skills and experience of working with a clinical system;
  • Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation;
  • Ability to 'think on your feet';
  • Excellent communication skills and a friendly approach;
  • Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality and data security, at all times;
  • Ability to multi-task and to work accurately under pressure;
  • Ability to work as part of a team, as well as being comfortable working independently.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Secretarial Experience Essential

Experience

Essential

  • Strong audio and touch-typing skills;
  • Administrative experience and good organisation skills;
  • Sound knowledge of medical terminology;
  • At least 1 year or equivalent of medical secretarial experience;
  • Proficiency in the MS Office package, as well as excellent general IT skills and experience of working with a clinical system;
  • Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation;
  • Ability to 'think on your feet';
  • Excellent communication skills and a friendly approach;
  • Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality and data security, at all times;
  • Ability to multi-task and to work accurately under pressure;
  • Ability to work as part of a team, as well as being comfortable working independently.

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

30a Church Street

Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire

CM23 2LY


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

30a Church Street

Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire

CM23 2LY


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Church Street Partnership, Church Street Surgery

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

21 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.19 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

7740

Job locations

30a Church Street

Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire

CM23 2LY


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