Medical Secretary

Job summary

Stanton Surgery in Bury St Edmunds are looking to recruit a medical secretary to join their well-established team on a part-time basis for 15 hours per week. This position is offered on a 6 month contract.

Main duties of the job

• Word processing and audio typing.
• Receive incoming secretarial calls and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries.
• Manage the e-Referral system, raising and sending routine and urgent referrals.
• Make appointments, bookings and admissions as required.
• Process all incoming e-mails and sendingout-going e-mails to hospitals, patients etcetera to make enquiries and answer queries.
• Process solicitors request for copies of medical records or report in a timely manner.
• Finance admin.
• File patient records and correspondence in patient medical records.
• Assist with the gathering of statistics and information when required.
• Provide cover for members of the secretarial team during periods of sickness and annual leave.

About us

Stanton Surgery is a rural dispensing and training practice located in the village of Stanton, set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside close to Bury St Edmunds. We have modern purpose built premises, which have recently been extended and provide a bright and airy setting in which to work. We serve a stable population of approximately 5,200 patients.

We are part of Blackbourne PCN which consists of four rural practices.

We offer:

• NHS pension scheme which includes an employer contribution
• Annual Leave:25 days annual leave and 8 days bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time staff)