AddressAbout the Role
Kingsway Surgery is seeking Medical Secretary to work along side their busy administration team, completing referrals and insurance work, on a part time basis for 26 hours per week, covering Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.
The main duties include:
- Typing letters and medical referrals dictated personally from tasks or handwritten by clinicians, using the appropriate proforma, template or headed letter.
- Referring via e-referrals system and other referral pathways.
- Typing all letters and medical referrals promptly, prioritising those marked as 2ww or urgent.
- Any other typing that may be required by the clinical team.
- Chasing referrals/results, making contact with the appropriate consultant’s secretary/hospital.
- Emailing any urgent request.
- Keeping an updated record of appropriate names and addresses, telephone and email addresses of organisations appropriate for practice use.
- Listing the insurances requests, completing and sending invoices, preparing the information for the GP partners to complete.
- Preparing summaries for PIP, universal credit etc applications, aliasing with the GP partners to book patient medicals etc.
- Any other secretarial duties that may be required by the doctors or management team.
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:
- Touch-typing skills.
- Administrative experience and good organisation skills.
- Proficiency in the MS Office package, as well as excellent general IT skills and experience of working with a clinical system.
- 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
We are a large SystmOne practice with approx.14,000 patients being cared for by 2 GP partners, 3 salaried GP’s, 1 long term locum, 2 ANP’s, 2 nurse prescribers, 3 practice nurses, 1 urgent care practitioner, 2 first contact physiotherapists, 1 diabetic pharmacist, 1 HCA, 1 phlebotomist and a team of remote pharmacists. We have a very supportive admin team with 10 receptionists, 2 prescription clerks, 2 medical secretaries, 2 scanning clerks, 1 assistant practice manager and 1 practice manager.
For further information please contact janice.nightingale@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.
