Secretary
Job Description
Job summary
We are looking for a part-time Secretary to work 25.5 hours per week, over 3 days Monday, Tuesday and Friday 8am to 5pm with a half hour lunch.
Benefits will include 4 Weeks Annual Leave, NHS Pension Scheme and Uniform supplied.
Bethesda Medical Centre is a friendly, forward thinking, high achieving Surgery based in a modern purpose built Surgery.
We have a population of 19'100 patients and offer a wide range of Services to our own patients and provider services to patients across East Kent.
Main duties of the job
Bethesda Medical Centre
Job Title: Medical Secretary
Accountable to: Practice Secretaries
Responsible for: All secretarial activities required to ensure the efficient running of the Practice.
Terms of Reference: To assist the Practice Secretaries in the provision of secretarial services for the Practice.
Main responsibilities:
- Provide typewritten documents from audio typing/long hand as required by GPs or Practice Manager
- Liaise with medical secretaries and other medical professionals as required by GPs.
- Liaise with patients with respect to medical care.
- Take minutes of meetings as required.
- Undertaking any other duties which may be assigned by the GPs or Practice Secretaries.
About us
At Bethesda we have 4 partners & 6 salaried GPs and approximately 19,500 patients. We have 4 Acute Care Team members, 7 Practice Nurses, 4 HCAs, a Phlebotomist, Clinical Pharmacist, 3 Mental Health Nurses and a Frailty Team.
We also on a weekly basis have visits from Ophthalmologists, Physiotherapists, Headache Specialists and Social Prescribers who all visit the surgery to see our patients.
We also have an administration team of approximately 50 members of staff.
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Secretary
Accountable to: Practice Secretaries
Responsible for: All secretarial activities required to ensure the efficient running of the Practice.
Terms of Reference: To assist the Practice Secretaries in the provision of secretarial services for the Practice.
Main Responsibilities:
Provide typewritten documents from audio /long hand as required by GPs or Practice Secretary.
Liaise with medical secretaries and other medical professionals as required by GPs.
Liaise with patients with respect to medical care
Undertaking any other duties which may be assigned by the GPs or Practice Secretary
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English and Maths
- Computer Literate
Desirable
- Experience of working in a medical setting
- Experience of working in a team
- Able to cover holidays and sick leave
- Experience of EMIS Web or other medical records software
- Positive Approach
- Shorthand
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
Bethesda Medical Centre
Address
Palm Bay Avenue
Cliftonville
Margate
Kent
CT9 3NR