Medical Secretary

Job summary

The Island Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced medical secretary/administrative assistant to join their team on a full or part-time basis, weekly hours & working days negotiable.

The role will involve providing support to our clinical & management team & a high standard of patient care. This is an essential front-line role at the practice, providing an efficient, comprehensive secretarial & administrative support service to the practice management team.

If you are an experienced medical secretary looking for a new and exciting challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

We are a busy practice with an excellent reputation, a growing list size, and located in modern, purpose built premises in the centre of Canvey.

Please feel free to contact Jackie Brown for an informal discussion on 07505 475235 or at jackie.brown3@nhs.net

We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should there be a sufficient number of applicants.