About the Role
The Billericay Medical Practice has an exciting opportunity for a medical secretary to join our busy practice support team, on a part-time basis for 28 hours a week, Tuesday to Friday.
The role will be to provide general secretarial support to the practice manager, doctors and health professionals, involving word processing and audio typing with general clerical work.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
1. Provide an efficient copy typing and word processing service for GPs and health professionals as required.
2. Assist the practice manager with all clerical and administrative duties.
3. Make appointments, bookings and admissions as required.
4. Establish and maintain filing and administrative systems so that written or computer information is easily accessible and secure.
5. Retrieve medical records and assist the completion of medical/insurance records/PPA claim.
6. File patient records and correspondence in patient medical records.
7. Receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls.
8. Maintain the computer clinic system in an accurate and secure manner.
9. Assist with the gathering of statistics and information when required.
10. Provide cover for members of the secretarial team during periods of sickness and annual leave.
11. Maintain adequate supplies of office stationery.
12. Assist in the summarising of patient medical records.
Please find job description attached for further information. About the Candidate
If you are a well organised person who enjoys a varied and interesting role, then we would love to hear from you.
Key criteria required for this position;
13. Experience of working in a similar position.
14. Experience of working in a clinical environment.
15. Experience of the SystmOne clinical system desired.
16. Typing experience.
17. Experience of dealing with the public/patients.
Other skills required;
18. An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
19. Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
20. Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team.
21. Able to work under pressure.
22. Able to work in a changing environment.
23. Able to use own initiative.
About Us The Billericay medical practice is a large GP training practice of patients situated in Billericay, Essex. With a continued CQC rating of 'good', they offer a wide range of health services.
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.