Pocklington Group Practice

Medical Secretary

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Job summary

Due to the retirement of one of our secretarial team, we are looking to recruit a medical secretary to provide a full secretarial service for clinical and medical issues for the GPs and clinical staff working in the Practice.

This vacancy is for 24 hours per week, split equally across Monday, Wednesday and Thursday weekly.

NB: interviews will take place on Monday 05 February 2024.

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be versatile and have excellent organisational, computer and people skills as well as a clear understanding of confidentiality and the importance of it in this role. Previous experience of working as a medical secretary would be advantageous but training is available to the right candidate. Please see the job description attached for full information on the duties assigned to this position.

About us

Pocklington Group Practice is a friendly, pro-active General Practice located in a purpose-built, state of the art healthcare facility in the picturesque and growing Yorkshire market town of Pocklington. We are a dispensing, training, teaching and paperlite EMIS Web practice, serving circa 18,500 patients.

Details

Date posted

15 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£10.80 to £12.21 an hour Dependent upon experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1360-24-0000

Job locations

The Beckside Centre

1 Amos Drive

Pocklington

East Riding of Yorkshire

YO42 2BS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached documentation which provides the full job description for this part-time Medical Secretary role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached documentation which provides the full job description for this part-time Medical Secretary role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general secondary education.

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of being a medical secretary.
  • Experience of being a team player.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Confidential.
  • Understanding of confidentiality.
  • Computer literate.
  • Clear and distinct speech.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Use of initiative.
  • Ability to prioritise workload.
  • Ability to work accurately under pressure.
  • Calm and methodical approach.
  • Excellent communication skills (both face to face and telephone).
  • Pleasant manner.
  • Honest and trustworthy.
  • Neat, legible handwriting.

Desirable

  • Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Sense of humour.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general secondary education.

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of being a medical secretary.
  • Experience of being a team player.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Confidential.
  • Understanding of confidentiality.
  • Computer literate.
  • Clear and distinct speech.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Use of initiative.
  • Ability to prioritise workload.
  • Ability to work accurately under pressure.
  • Calm and methodical approach.
  • Excellent communication skills (both face to face and telephone).
  • Pleasant manner.
  • Honest and trustworthy.
  • Neat, legible handwriting.

Desirable

  • Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Sense of humour.

Employer details

Employer name

Pocklington Group Practice

Address

The Beckside Centre

1 Amos Drive

Pocklington

East Riding of Yorkshire

YO42 2BS


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Pocklington Group Practice

Address

The Beckside Centre

1 Amos Drive

Pocklington

East Riding of Yorkshire

YO42 2BS


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Marcia Glover

marcia.glover@nhs.net

01759321075

Details

Date posted

15 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£10.80 to £12.21 an hour Dependent upon experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1360-24-0000

Job locations

The Beckside Centre

1 Amos Drive

Pocklington

East Riding of Yorkshire

YO42 2BS


Supporting documents

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