Medical Secretary

7 months ago


Luton, United Kingdom Primary Care Careers Full time

**About the Role**:
Pastures Way Surgery in Luton has a fantastic opportunity for a medical secretary to join their team on a part-time basis, for 8-10 hours per week. Days of work are negotiable.

This is an essential front-line role at the practice, providing an efficient, comprehensive secretarial and 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 and word processing, for all GPs and health professionals, as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, meeting minutes, memorandums, etc., in an accurate and quality manner;
- Handling patient and practice queries, regarding hospital appointments and treatments, confidentially;
- Ensuring that any requests for information from medical records are appropriately dealt with, according to practice policy, and that all subsequent charges are invoiced appropriately;
- Designing template letters and forms for use throughout the practice, as required;
- Performing any reasonable administrative tasks, as requested by the practice manager/partners.

If you are an experienced medical secretary looking for a new and exciting challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

The following skills and experience are ideal:

- Strong audio
- and touch-typing skills;
- Administrative experience and good organisation skills;
- Proficiency in the MS Office package, as well as excellent general IT skills and experience of working with the SystmOne clinical system;
- Ability to 'think on your feet';
- Sound knowledge of medical terminology;
- Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation;
- Excellent communication skills 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.**About Us**:
We are a small and friendly practice in Luton, with a growing list size which currently stands at 4,900 patients. We are a SystmOne practice keen to further develop all of our staff. We hold regular staff meetings to ensure that all staff are updates regarding any changes and to also ensure that the voices of our staff are heard.

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