Medical Secretary

**About the Role**:
The Island Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced medical secretary/administrative assistant to join their team on a full or part-time basis, weekly hours & working days negotiable. The role will involve providing support to our clinical & management team & a high standard of patient care.

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

- Providing a full secretarial service including efficient audio-typing, copy-typing & word processing, for all GPs & health professionals, as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, meeting minutes, memorandums, etc., in an accurate & quality manner;
- Handling patient & practice queries, regarding hospital appointments & treatments, confidentially;
- Ensuring that any requests for information from medical records are appropriately dealt with, according to practice policy, & that all subsequent charges are invoiced appropriately;
- Arranging meetings (to include the booking of rooms) as required;
- Designing template letters & forms for use throughout the practice, as required;
- Maintaining the computer-based clinic system, in an accurate & 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.
- Strong audio
- and touch-typing skills;
- 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';
- Flexible, adaptable and have excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 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. Knowledge and experience of medical terminology, general practice, SystmOne and the E-Referral System (ERS) would be advantageous although not essential as training will be provided.**About Us**:
We are a busy practice with an excellent reputation, a growing list size, and located in modern, purpose built premises in the centre of Canvey.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should there be a sufficient number of applicants.

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