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Practice Secretary/Administrator

The closing date is 16 July 2025

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Job summary

We are excited to announce that we have a new full-time vacancy here at Cobbs Garden Surgery in Olney. We are offering a great opportunity to learn all about primary care in a 35 hour a week post, where you will be working across the the secretary and administrator teams and getting to experience how a surgery works.

The job will be challenging and busy so if enjoy being active and engaged in your work, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

  • Referring patients to secondary care.
  • Patient contact in reception.
  • Dealing with requests.
  • Managing medical letters.
  • Opening post.
  • Scanning and coding.
  • Dealing with prescriptions.
  • Liaising with GPs, nurses and other members of the team and outside agencies.

About us

Our surgery has a great family-feel and situated in the old market town of Olney. We have staff parking, lockers and an outside staff garden room for breaks. We meet regularly and also go out socially!

If you enjoy a supportive work environment where staff are put first this will be the ideal opportunity for you.

We offer -

  • NHS pension.
  • Employee Assist Programme (including 24hr free counselling).
  • 25 days holiday, increasing with years of service.

Details

Date posted

16 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.32 to £13.30 an hour dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28707

Job locations

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


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

  • Ideally you would have some medical experience, but we are willing to train the right person for our team.
  • Touch-typing skills and writing letters.
  • Strong administrative experience and good organisation skills.
  • Ideally some knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Excellent general IT skills including MS Office
  • Ideally experience of working with a clinical system
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality and data security, at all times.
  • Ability to multi-task and to work accurately under pressure.
  • Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.

Qualifications

Essential

  • n/a
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Ideally you would have some medical experience, but we are willing to train the right person for our team.
  • Touch-typing skills and writing letters.
  • Strong administrative experience and good organisation skills.
  • Ideally some knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Excellent general IT skills including MS Office
  • Ideally experience of working with a clinical system
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality and data security, at all times.
  • Ability to multi-task and to work accurately under pressure.
  • Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.

Qualifications

Essential

  • n/a

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

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Cobbs Garden Surgery

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

16 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.32 to £13.30 an hour dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28707

Job locations

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


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