About the Role

The Holbrook and Shotley Practice are looking to welcome a part-time medical secretary into our busy practice. The role is to work 15 hours a week, over Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

With the increasing use of technology in general practice, medical secretaries are playing an increasingly important role in managing patient information and ensuring that healthcare providers have access to the data they need to deliver high-quality care.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

Providing a full secretarial service including the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, meeting minutes, memorandums, etc.
Handling queries regarding hospital appointments and treatments.
Ensuring that any requests for information are appropriately dealt with 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.
Maintaining the clinical system, in an accurate and secure manner.
Assisting with the gathering of statistics and information.

About the Candidate

We would welcome applications from those with the following skills and experience:

Ideally primary care experience gained within a GP surgery.
Audio- and touch-typing skills.
Strong administrative experience and good organisation skills.
Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
Excellent general IT skills including MS Office and experience of working with a clinical system.
Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation.
Excellent communication skills.
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 independently.

About Us

The Holbrook and Shotley Practice is a GP Practice across two surgery sites. We pride ourselves on providing a high standard of care to our 8,000 patients. Our Practice team comprises of three GP Partners, two salaried GPs, supported by a highly experienced team of nurses, dispensers, paramedics, and reception team.

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.

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