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SalaryAbout the Role
Houghton Close Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for a Medical Secretary/administrator to join their team on a part-time basis, 12-16 hours per week, covering 2 days, in this essential front-line role at the practice, providing an efficient, comprehensive secretarial and administrative support service to the practice management team.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Providing a full secretarial service including efficient audio-typing, copy-typing and word processing, for all GPs and health professionals, as required. 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;
- Arranging meetings (to include the booking of rooms) as required;
- Designing template letters and forms for use throughout the practice, as required;
- 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 the Candidate
If you are an experienced Medical Secretary looking for a new and exciting challenge, then we would love to hear from you.
You will have the following skills and experience:
- 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;
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as being comfortable working independently.
About Us
Houghton Close Surgery is a large GMS dispensing practice located in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, looking after approximately 11,700 patients. We are an active member of our primary care network and are rated CQC Good and are a high QoF achieving practice.
We are a dynamic GP partnership consisting of 6 GP partners, 2 salaried GPs and supportive administrative, nursing and dispensary teams. We are forward thinking, innovative and open to ideas. We care for our patients and aim to provide them with an excellent quality of care. We are a training practice and also take medical students from Cambridge University throughout the year.
For further information please contact susan.green36@nhs.net
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
