Medical Secretary
- NHS
- Part Time
- Colchester
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
Mersea Island Medical Practice has an opportunity for a medical secretary to join our fantastic team on a part time basis, hours to be discussed at interview.
This is an essential role at the practice, providing an efficient, comprehensive secretarial and administrative support service to the practice clinical team. If you are an experienced medical secretary, then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Providing a full secretarial service for all GPs and health professionals as required.
- Sending referrals via eRS and email, using Ardens templates and formatting letters, reports, and any other correspondence in an accurate and timely manner. This includes some audio typing (Lexacom) but mainly the processing of tasks on EMIS WEB.
- Dealing with hospital, clinical, patient and practice queries via phone and email regarding hospital appointments, correspondence and treatments.
- Following up GP requests for information.
- Managing advice and guidance provided.
- Maintaining the computer-based clinic system in an accurate and secure manner.
- Maintaining an accurate referrals database.
- Performing any administrative tasks requested by the practice operations manager.
About us
We are an established practice in West Mersea and are a branch of the Colte partnership, we also have a CQC rating of good.
We are a training practice, and the team consists of 6 GP partners, 4 registrar, 1 ANP and a nursing team along with a very supportive administrative & reception teams
Our values are:
- To provide high quality, safe, compassionate patient centred healthcare.
- To work collaboratively as a team with honesty, integrity, and personal responsibility.
- To work dynamically, with optimism, adaptability, efficiency, and initiative.
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
- Administrative experience and good organisational skills.
- General IT skills and experience of working within a secretarial environment
- Excellent communication skills and a friendly approach.
- Have an understanding of maintaining confidentiality and data security at all times.
- Ability to multitask and to work accurately under pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as being comfortable working independently.
- Ability to cover colleagues absence for sickness and annual leave.
Desirable
- EMIS experience preferable but not essential as training can be provided
Qualifications
Essential
- na
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
Colte House
Threshelfords Business Park
Inworth Road, Feering
Essex
CO5 9SE
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
