Medical Secretary

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery in Halstead has a fantastic opportunity for a medical secretary to join their team on a part-time basis, for 30 hours per week. You will work within a busy, often demanding, but highly rewarding environment, supporting a forward-thinking practice that takes pride in its can do attitude.

You will be responsible for undertaking a wide range of secretarial and administrative duties for the clinical and administration teams.

Main duties of the job

  • Processing of patient information (both electronic and paper based) in a timely manner.
  • Liaising with secondary care, community service providers and external agencies in accordance with current policies.
  • Using the electronic referral system.

If a sufficient level of interest is reached, it may be necessary to close the vacancy early, we therefore suggest you apply at an early stage to avoid disappointment.

About us

Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery is a friendly and welcoming SystmOne practice with a list size of 16,600 patients, achieving a Good CQC rating.

Benefits include:

  • 4 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time).
  • NHS pension,
  • Free car parking.

For further information please contact, Jennie Lancaster-Jones via email: jenniferlancaster@nhs.net or call 01787 475944.

Date posted

13 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.45 to £13.75 an hour dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

8308

Job locations

Factory Lane West

Halstead

Essex

CO9 1EX


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

Qualifications

Essential

  • none

Desirable

  • Previous secretarial experience or a qualification is an advantage.

Experience

Essential

  • A team player, who always acts with integrity and leads by example, with reference to promoting excellent customer service, communication with patients, equality, diversity and patient confidentiality.
  • The ability to type medical referral letters, with a minimum speed of 60wpm.
  • Excellent written skills with attention to detail and the ability to adapt letters for clinicians.
  • Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes, in particular Microsoft Word and Outlook.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • none

Desirable

  • Previous secretarial experience or a qualification is an advantage.

Experience

Essential

  • A team player, who always acts with integrity and leads by example, with reference to promoting excellent customer service, communication with patients, equality, diversity and patient confidentiality.
  • The ability to type medical referral letters, with a minimum speed of 60wpm.
  • Excellent written skills with attention to detail and the ability to adapt letters for clinicians.
  • Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes, in particular Microsoft Word and Outlook.

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

Factory Lane West

Halstead

Essex

CO9 1EX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Factory Lane West

Halstead

Essex

CO9 1EX


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

The Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

13 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.45 to £13.75 an hour dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

8308

Job locations

Factory Lane West

Halstead

Essex

CO9 1EX


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