Oughtibridge Surgery

Secretary and Admin

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self motivated individual to join our team as a part time secretary and administrator. We are a very friendly team in a small practice in Oughtibridge, North Sheffield, that has a very low staff turnover. The vacancy is for 22 hours per week to be worked across at least 4 days per week, which must include Tuesday and Thursday. General Practice secretarial experience is essential with good sound knowldge of medical terminology and ideally have experience of using SystmOne. You must be accurate, have good communication skills, be a team player and also be able to work flexibly in the absence of colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job:

- Provide comprehensive administrative support to GPs and clinical staff,

- Prepare and type correspondence, referral letters and reports for clinical and non-clinical purposes

- Ensure referrals are processed eficiently using the electronic referrals system (ERS) and other referral routes as necessary

- Maintain an accurate 2 week urgent referral database

- Process requests for information eg SAR, insurance, solicitors letters and DVLA forms

- Process patient letter requests and invoice for private work accordingly

- scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patient medical records

- Liaise with hospitals, community services and external agencies regarding patient referrals and information requests

- To efficiently administer the movement of patient medical records to and from the surgery and liaising with PCSE where necessary.

- To summarise patient records being received into the surgery for newly registered patients

- To maintain and update medical records accurately and confidentially in line with GDPR and NHS guidelines

- Support the Reception Manager with admin tasks to enable the efficient working of reception

- Provide an excellent customer service to patients

About us

Oughtibridge Surgery is located in Oughtibridge, North Sheffield and we provide medical services to about 6000 patients. The surgery was rated as 'Good' in our last CQC inspection. We have 4 GP Partners, 1 salaried GP, 4 nurses, 2 HCA's, a reception team, Reception Manager, Practice Manager and PCN staff including Pharmacists and Physios. The surgery is also one of two surgeries in Sheffield that also has a dispensary. We are a really friendly team who always try to go the extra mile to provide an excellent patient focused service.

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.42 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A5179-25-0002

Job locations

Oughtibridge Surgery

Church Street

Oughtibridge

Sheffield

S35 0FW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job:

- Provide comprehensive administrative support to GPs and clinical staff,

- Prepare and type correspondence, referral letters and reports for clinical and non-clinical purposes

- Ensure referrals are processed eficiently using the electronic referrals system (ERS) and other referral routes as necessary

- Maintain an accurate 2 week urgent referral database

- Process requests for information eg SAR, insurance, solicitors letters and DVLA forms

- Process patient letter requests and invoice for private work accordingly

- scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patient medical records

- Liaise with hospitals, community services and external agencies regarding patient referrals and information requests

- To efficiently administer the movement of patient medical records to and from the surgery and liaising with PCSE where necessary.

- To summarise patient records being received into the surgery for newly registered patients

- To maintain and update medical records accurately and confidentially in line with GDPR and NHS guidelines

- Support the Reception Manager with admin tasks to enable the efficient working of reception

- Provide an excellent customer service to patients

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job:

- Provide comprehensive administrative support to GPs and clinical staff,

- Prepare and type correspondence, referral letters and reports for clinical and non-clinical purposes

- Ensure referrals are processed eficiently using the electronic referrals system (ERS) and other referral routes as necessary

- Maintain an accurate 2 week urgent referral database

- Process requests for information eg SAR, insurance, solicitors letters and DVLA forms

- Process patient letter requests and invoice for private work accordingly

- scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patient medical records

- Liaise with hospitals, community services and external agencies regarding patient referrals and information requests

- To efficiently administer the movement of patient medical records to and from the surgery and liaising with PCSE where necessary.

- To summarise patient records being received into the surgery for newly registered patients

- To maintain and update medical records accurately and confidentially in line with GDPR and NHS guidelines

- Support the Reception Manager with admin tasks to enable the efficient working of reception

- Provide an excellent customer service to patients

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade A-C in English and Maths

Desirable

  • Secretarial qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Secretarial experience within a GP surgery is essential
  • Medical terminology experience is essential
  • Experience of using the NHS ERS referral system
  • Proficient with MS Office applications
  • Good interpersonal skills and experience of providing a customer/patient focussed service is essential

Desirable

  • Experience of using SystmOne clinical system
  • Summarising patient notes
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade A-C in English and Maths

Desirable

  • Secretarial qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Secretarial experience within a GP surgery is essential
  • Medical terminology experience is essential
  • Experience of using the NHS ERS referral system
  • Proficient with MS Office applications
  • Good interpersonal skills and experience of providing a customer/patient focussed service is essential

Desirable

  • Experience of using SystmOne clinical system
  • Summarising patient notes

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

Oughtibridge Surgery

Address

Oughtibridge Surgery

Church Street

Oughtibridge

Sheffield

S35 0FW


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oughtibridge Surgery

Address

Oughtibridge Surgery

Church Street

Oughtibridge

Sheffield

S35 0FW


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Tracey Dunbar

t.dunbar@nhs.net

01142299835

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.42 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A5179-25-0002

Job locations

Oughtibridge Surgery

Church Street

Oughtibridge

Sheffield

S35 0FW


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