Medical Secretary - Queensferry Medical Practice

GP Practice in Wales

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Job summary

The purpose of this role is to provide first class secretarial support to the GP Practice and to deliver excellent levels of administration and customer service. Responding to requests from clinicians, external services and other team members, you will complete a wide variety of tasks.

Main duties of the job

Referrals via clinical systems and WCCG

Workflow administration for all clinical correspondence

Effective READ coding

Notes summarising

Completing Subject Access Requests (SARS)

Completing Private Requests

About us

We are a well-established friendly and forwarding thinking practice who are committed to high quality care and the continued development of our practice team. We are open minded, organised yet flexible and are a welcoming practice team able to adapt to changes and improvements. We are actively involved in our local cluster. We are a suburban practice with mixed socio-economic population. A modern skill mixed progressive team serving a population of around 8700 patients - with 2 GP Partners, 1 Salaried GP, 1 long term Locum GP, 3 ANP's, 1 Practice Nurse, 1 HCA & an excellent administration support team. We use Emis web and have access to Lexacom digital dictation. We have easy and fast access to M56, M53 and A55 so are easily accessible from Cheshire, Merseyside, Manchester and North Wales. We are uniquely localised between two nearest hospitals providing secondary care services - Wrexham (under NHS Wales) and Chester (under NHS England).

Date posted

30 August 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Salary available upon request

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

M0044-24-0259

Job locations

Doctors Surgery

Pierce Street

Queensferry

Deeside

Clwyd

CH5 1SY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title -Experienced Medical Secretary

Hours -22.5 hours, up to full time

Salary -Dependent on experience

Contract -Permanent

Clinical System -Emis

JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to provide first class secretarial support to the GP Practice and to deliver excellent levels of administration and customer service. Responding to requests from clinicians, external services and other team members, you will complete a wide variety of tasks.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Workflow administration for all clinical correspondence

Referrals via Clinical Systems & WCCG

Effective READ Coding

Notes summarising

Completing Subject Access Requests -SARS-

Completing Private Requests

The successful applicant must be flexible and willing to work as part of a team

For further information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Kate Norton on 01244 813340

Closing Date: 15.09.2024

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title -Experienced Medical Secretary

Hours -22.5 hours, up to full time

Salary -Dependent on experience

Contract -Permanent

Clinical System -Emis

JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to provide first class secretarial support to the GP Practice and to deliver excellent levels of administration and customer service. Responding to requests from clinicians, external services and other team members, you will complete a wide variety of tasks.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Workflow administration for all clinical correspondence

Referrals via Clinical Systems & WCCG

Effective READ Coding

Notes summarising

Completing Subject Access Requests -SARS-

Completing Private Requests

The successful applicant must be flexible and willing to work as part of a team

For further information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Kate Norton on 01244 813340

Closing Date: 15.09.2024

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Working in a customer service environment both face to face and telephone
  • Working with the public
  • Working in a busy office environment
  • Working under pressure

Desirable

  • Working in general practice
  • Referrals
  • Workflow administration for clinical correspondence
  • Maintaining and monitoring GP Practice appointments system.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Communication
  • Team Working
  • Customer Service
  • Resilience
  • Empathy
  • Strong IT Skills
  • Initiative
  • Willingness to learn

Desirable

  • Welsh Speaker
  • Knowledge of EMIS Web

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of the health care sector

Desirable

  • Knowledge of general practice
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Working in a customer service environment both face to face and telephone
  • Working with the public
  • Working in a busy office environment
  • Working under pressure

Desirable

  • Working in general practice
  • Referrals
  • Workflow administration for clinical correspondence
  • Maintaining and monitoring GP Practice appointments system.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Communication
  • Team Working
  • Customer Service
  • Resilience
  • Empathy
  • Strong IT Skills
  • Initiative
  • Willingness to learn

Desirable

  • Welsh Speaker
  • Knowledge of EMIS Web

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of the health care sector

Desirable

  • Knowledge of general 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Doctors Surgery

Pierce Street

Queensferry

Deeside

Clwyd

CH5 1SY


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Doctors Surgery

Pierce Street

Queensferry

Deeside

Clwyd

CH5 1SY


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Kate Norton

practice.manager.w91051@wales.nhs.uk

01244813340

Date posted

30 August 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Salary available upon request

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

M0044-24-0259

Job locations

Doctors Surgery

Pierce Street

Queensferry

Deeside

Clwyd

CH5 1SY


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