Admin Assistant
- NHS
- Part Time
- Chelmsford
- 13.47 - 15.59 an hour
Job Description
Job summary
North Chelmsford Healthcare Centre is looking to recruit an admin assistant to join our busy administration team, working across both our main site and our branch surgery in Beaulieu.
This role is for a minimum of 22.5 hours per week (excluding a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day).
- Tuesday: 08:00 - 16:00
- Wednesday: 10:00 - 18:00
- Friday: 8:00 - 16:00
Additional hours are available within the contract, and the successful candidate may work longer days (e.g. 08:00 - 18:00pm) should they wish.
Please note that should this vacancy attract sufficient interest, it may be necessary to close the vacancy at an earlier date. We therefore encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include:
- Typing and processing of referrals (minimum typing speed 50 words per minute)
- Summarising medical records
- Processing and coding incoming patient information
- Entering discharge summaries and read coding any problems
- Raising blood test requests and allocating blood results to the GPs
- Contacting and liaising with hospitals/external services/patients as requested by clinicians
- Chasing results
- Processing tasks within our clinical system
- Processing registrations
- Dealing with patient enquiries via post, email, telephone and our triage system
About us
North Chelmsford NHS Healthcare Centre is a SystmOne practice with a growing list size of over 17,000 patients. The practice has achieved a "Good" CQC rating and has an excellent reputation amongst Chelmsford residents. We are part of the Elizabeth Courtauld Partnership and are expanding with a new branch surgery in Beaulieu.
Please note, this post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check. If this vacancy attracts sufficient interest, it may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.
Benefits include:
- NHS pension
- 4 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays
- Day off for your birthday
- Free parking at North Chelmsford Healthcare Centre
- Access to wellbeing resources
We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Selection for employment will be based on merit, skills, qualifications and experience.
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
The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:
Essential
- Excellent administrative, keyboard and organisational skills.
- Strong attention to detail and a good standard of English, both written and verbal.
- At least two years of administrative experience in an office setting.
- An excellent telephone manner is essential.
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
2 White Hart Lane
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 5EF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
