Medical Secretary

Bedford - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The De Parys Group has a vacancy for a medical secretary to join their team on a part-time basis working circa 21.5 hours per week (negotiable).

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:

Audio- and touch-typing skills.
Primary care experience
Strong administrative experience and good organisation skills.
Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
Excellent general IT skills includingMS Office and experience of working with a clinical system.
Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation.
Excellent communication skills.
Understanding of the needto maintain confidentiality and data security at all times.
Ability tomulti-task and to work accurately under pressure.
Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.

About Us

The De Parys Groups priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 38000 patients registered with the practice. We aim to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and support organisations to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have a strong training ethos within the practice with a team of medical and non-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress.

TDPG is fortunate to have its own dispensaries at our De Parys and Bromham addition to our routine GMS services we offer a comprehensive range of services including minor surgery LARC provision and anticoagulation clinics.

We have high QOF achievement and excellent KPIs within the group.

Benefits include:

NHS pension scheme.
Proper pay and Living Wage Foundation accredited.
Eye-care vouchers.
Annual leave: minimum 23 days FTE with enhancements for long service.
Paid breaks

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.

The De Parys Group has a vacancy for a medical secretary to join their team on a part-time basis working circa 21.5 hours per week (negotiable).With the increasing use of technology in general practice medical secretaries are playing an increasingly important role in managing patient information and...

The De Parys Group has a vacancy for a medical secretary to join their team on a part-time basis working circa 21.5 hours per week (negotiable).

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:

Audio- and touch-typing skills.
Primary care experience
Strong administrative experience and good organisation skills.
Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
Excellent general IT skills includingMS Office and experience of working with a clinical system.
Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation.
Excellent communication skills.
Understanding of the needto maintain confidentiality and data security at all times.
Ability tomulti-task and to work accurately under pressure.
Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.