Job Summary To provide a wide range of secretarial and administrative support to the practice manager, doctors, and health professionals. Duties can include, but are not limited to, the processing of information (electronic and hard copy) in a timely manner, liaising with multidisciplinary team members and external agencies such as secondary care and community service providers in accordance with current policies, including the use of the electronic referral service (ERS). To provide cover for medical receptionist colleagues when absent due to scheduled or unscheduled leave. Job Responsibilities (Secretarial) To provide an efficient secretarial service for GPs and health professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, minutes, etc in an accurate, and timely manner. To manage the Electronic Referral System (ERS) to ensure all referrals are actioned. To process new patient registrations: accepting electronic records into EMIS and overseeing registration workflow including deductions. To assist the practice manager with all clerical and administrative duties. To make appointments and bookings as required. To liaise and arrange meetings as required, attend meetings and take minutes. To establish and maintain filing and administrative systems so that written or computer information is easily accessible and secure. To retrieve medical records and assist the completion of medical/insurance records. To file patient records and correspondence in patient medical records. To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with others, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries. To maintain the computer clinical system in an accurate and secure manner. To assist with the gathering of statistics and information when required. To provide cover for members of the secretarial team during periods of sickness and annual leave. To maintain adequate supplies of office stationery for the practice. To receive and dispatch mail. To respond to completed safeguarding requests in timely manner. To summarise new patient records on to the clinical system. To ensure that fees collected are deposited and a record sheet produced for each transaction. To monitor waiting room information boards and keep information relevant and up to date. To support all clinical staff with general administrative tasks as requested. Job Responsibilities (Reception) To answer phone calls Process telephone and e-requests for appointments. Answer incoming telephone calls, transferring calls or dealing with the callers request appropriately. Signpost patients to the most appropriate healthcare professional or service. Input data into patients electronic record in line with practice policy. Support all clinical staff with general tasks as required. Scan patient related documentation and attach scanned documents to patients healthcare records. Assist with the processing of repeat prescriptions as required. Open and distribute post as required. Assist in the closing and securing of the building at the end of the working day. Any other duty that is deemed appropriate to the role by the Practice Manager or GP partner. General responsibilities Health & Safety: The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: - Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Identifying the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Reporting any identified potential risks Undertaking periodic infection control and health and safety training Confidentiality: While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues. Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Engage positively with any quality improvement initiatives or programmes. Communication: The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members. Communicate effectively with patients and carers. Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. Contribution to the Implementation of Services: The post-holder will: Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Participate in audit where appropriate.