Medical Secretary

NHS; Redhill; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Friendly GP practice in Redhill. Looking for a medical secretary to join our team.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the efficient running of the practice. Providing support to Doctors, Nurses and Practice Manager in providing a high level of patient care to the practice population.

About us

We are a high achieving practice based on one site with approximately 10,500 patients, operating personal patient lists.

Our clinical team includes a clinical pharmacist, pharmacy technicians, first contact practitioners, mental health workers, nurses and HCAs.

We are part of the Redhill Phoenix PCN.

Use Emis Web, Docman 10, AccuRx, Lexacom amongst other packages and we are on Windows 10.

Job responsibilities

• Type letters of referral for patients using EMIS and Lexacom.
• Type general correspondence, reports, contracts, job descriptions etc at the request of the Practice Manager using the computer word processing package provided.
• Issue fee notes for completion of reports, claim forms etc as appropriate.
• Attend training sessions as considered appropriate by the Practice and maintain electronic learning on Bluestream.
• Ensure out-going mail is posted at the end of the day.
• Liaise with patients, hospital and outside agencies, as necessary.
• Provide reception cover to help reception when needed.
• Be included in the receptionist Saturday rota.
• Show receptionists how to send referrals electronically.
• Keep referral database up to date.
• Coding for Practice Manager and GP Partners such as TWR coding and so on.
• Manage worklists on ERS.
• Take minutes for practice meetings and other meetings when asked.
• Manage the secretaries email address.
• Manage the Docman email address.
• Manage tasks on Emis and workflow on Docman.
• Process and send referrals electronically, by post, child portal etc when needed to i.e. when receptionists are short staffed.
• Any other reasonable tasks as requested by Practice Manager or GP Partners.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.