Primary Care Careers

Medical Secretary

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Job summary

Stanhope Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for a medical secretary to join our team, on a part-time basis, for 16 hours per week on Thursdays and Fridays.

This is an essential front-line role at the practice, providing an efficient, comprehensive secretarial and administrative support service to the practice management team.

Main duties of the job

  • Providing a full secretarial service and administration. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, meeting minutes, memorandums, etc., in an accurate and quality manner.
  • Handling patient and practice queries, regarding hospital appointments and treatments, confidentially.
  • Ensuring that any requests for information from medical records are appropriately dealt with, according to practice policy, and that all subsequent charges are invoiced appropriately.
  • Maintaining the computer-based clinic system, in an accurate and secure manner.
  • Assisting with the gathering of statistics and information, when required.
  • Performing any reasonable administrative tasks, as requested by the practice manager.

About us

Stanhope Surgery is a training practice hosting GP VTS registrars, Cambridge University medical students and physician associate students from the University of Hertfordshire. We are CQC-rated good, with excellent QOF achievements. We are located close to London, on the M25, with good public national transport links.

For a full time employee, annual leave is a minimum 20 days plus bank holidays.

You can also benefit from the NHS pension scheme.

Please find out more about us on our website: www.stanhopesurgery.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

01 July 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7698

Job locations

Stanhope Road

Waltham Cross

Essex

EN8 7DJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Strong typing skills.
  • Administrative experience and good organisation skills.
  • Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Proficiency in the MS Office package, as well as excellent general IT skills and experience of working with a clinical system.
  • Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation.
  • Ability to 'think on your feet.
  • Excellent communication skills and a friendly approach.
  • Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality and data security, at all times.
  • Ability to multi-task and to work accurately under pressure.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Strong typing skills.
  • Administrative experience and good organisation skills.
  • Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Proficiency in the MS Office package, as well as excellent general IT skills and experience of working with a clinical system.
  • Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation.
  • Ability to 'think on your feet.
  • Excellent communication skills and a friendly approach.
  • Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality and data security, at all times.
  • Ability to multi-task and to work accurately under pressure.

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

Stanhope Road

Waltham Cross

Essex

EN8 7DJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Stanhope Road

Waltham Cross

Essex

EN8 7DJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Stanhope Surgery

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

01 July 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7698

Job locations

Stanhope Road

Waltham Cross

Essex

EN8 7DJ


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