Guttridge Medical Centre - Dr Yerra Practice

Medical Secretary/ Medicines Coordinator

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Medical Secretary seeking a new, rewarding opportunity? Would you like to take on a role that provides you with ownership of your workload?

If you are a reliable, outgoing professional who loves interacting with people on all levels and want to play a crucial role in supporting the primary care sector and growing practice, then you are just the type of candidate for this role!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, Medical Secretary to join our GP practice in Deepdale, Preston. Our surgery continually strives to improve work processes that deliver health care with improved results for all our patients.

Please note the role will be 22 hours Medical Secretary and 8 hours Medicines Coordinator (full training will be provided for the Medicines Coordinator role)

Main duties of the job

  • Raising e-referrals and bookings, routine, and urgent referrals
  • Chasing referrals and answering patient queries via phone
  • Dealing with incoming correspondence from the hospital
  • Scanning/Read coding of hospital letters.
  • Patient letter requests.
  • Producing solicitors reports.
  • Medicines Coordinator 8 hours (training to be provided)

About us

We are based in Deepdale we have a list size of just under 4000 patients.We work hard to provide a friendly, efficient, and caring service where the needs of our patients come first and foremost. Each one of us will work to ensure that each patient is treated courteously and with respect and receives the highest standard of care we can provide within the resources available to us.

Details

Date posted

28 December 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

A1138-23-0008

Job locations

Deepdale Road

Preston

Lancashire

PR1 6LL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide general secretarial support to the Practice Manager, Doctors and Health Professionals involving word processing and typing skills with general clerical work and Practice referrals. Job Responsibilities: To provide an efficient and professional typing and word processing service for GPs and Health Professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, accurately To assist the Practice Manager / Managers with clerical and administrative duties. To make appointments, bookings and admissions as required, using the appropriate software. Monitoring of the patient referrals and taking any appropriate action as and when required. Responsible for the daily and timely completion of the workflow tasks. To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with others, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries. To maintain the computer clinical system in an accurate and secure manner and report any issues to IT as required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide general secretarial support to the Practice Manager, Doctors and Health Professionals involving word processing and typing skills with general clerical work and Practice referrals. Job Responsibilities: To provide an efficient and professional typing and word processing service for GPs and Health Professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, accurately To assist the Practice Manager / Managers with clerical and administrative duties. To make appointments, bookings and admissions as required, using the appropriate software. Monitoring of the patient referrals and taking any appropriate action as and when required. Responsible for the daily and timely completion of the workflow tasks. To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with others, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries. To maintain the computer clinical system in an accurate and secure manner and report any issues to IT as required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • EMIS Web Experience.
  • Medical Secretary Experience.
  • High attention to detail.
  • Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
  • Ability to manage and prioritise ad heavy workload.
  • Ability to work under pressure both on your own or as part of a team.
  • Computer skills.
  • Excellent telephone manner.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of confidentiality.
  • Use own initiative.

Desirable

  • Flexible.
  • Knowledge of processing solicitors and benefits reports.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • EMIS Web Experience.
  • Medical Secretary Experience.
  • High attention to detail.
  • Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
  • Ability to manage and prioritise ad heavy workload.
  • Ability to work under pressure both on your own or as part of a team.
  • Computer skills.
  • Excellent telephone manner.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of confidentiality.
  • Use own initiative.

Desirable

  • Flexible.
  • Knowledge of processing solicitors and benefits reports.

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

Guttridge Medical Centre - Dr Yerra Practice

Address

Deepdale Road

Preston

Lancashire

PR1 6LL


Employer's website

http://www.drjhasurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Guttridge Medical Centre - Dr Yerra Practice

Address

Deepdale Road

Preston

Lancashire

PR1 6LL


Employer's website

http://www.drjhasurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Siama Gulistan

s.gulistan@nhs.net

01772977090

Details

Date posted

28 December 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

A1138-23-0008

Job locations

Deepdale Road

Preston

Lancashire

PR1 6LL


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