Medical Secretary

Beechwood Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for a medical secretary to join their team on a part-time basis, for 20-30 hrs hours per week over 3 days.

This is an essential front-line role at the practice, providing an efficient, comprehensive secretarial and administrative support service to the practice management team.  The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Providing a full secretarial service for all GPs and health professionals, as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, in an accurate and quality manner.
• Handling patient and practice queries, regarding hospital appointments and treatments, confidentially.
• Ensuring that any requests for information from medical records are appropriately dealt with, according to practice policy, and that all subsequent charges are invoiced appropriately.
• Maintaining the computer-based clinic system, in an accurate and secure manner.
• Assisting with the gathering of statistics and information, when required.
• Performing any reasonable administrative tasks, as requested by the practice manager.

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:

• Administrative experience and good organisation skills.
• Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
• Proficiency in the MS Office package, as well as excellent general IT skills and experience of working with a clinical system.
• Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation.
• 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.