Medical Secretary

1 week ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Muirhouse Medical Group Full time

**MEDICAL SECRETARY**

We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and efficient person to join our two Medical Secretaries at Muirhouse Medical Group. Our secretaries work for and provide support to the 18 GPs and other clinicians, undertaking all secretarial and administrative support work for them, including patient contact by phone. We use the Lexacom digital dictation system.

Holidays are 25 days per annum plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
- Previous medical secretarial experience is essential, with excellent and accurate keyboard skills
- Previous secretarial experience in a GP/primary care/secondary care environment is essential
- A positive and calm manner and the ability to deal with busy and pressured situations is required
- Complete discretion and the ability to communicate effectively with patients and other healthcare professionals is required
- You will be a good team member, able to work well with colleagues.

The Muirhouse team is very friendly and we have a Social Committee which arranges various events throughout the year. We enjoy the challenge of providing essential services to a large and very mixed group of patients.
- **Please include in your CV your current or most recent salary/hourly rate, as well as your estimated word processing speed per minute.**_

A detailed job description is set out below:
**Secretarial Role**
- Provide secretarial services to a team of Partners and GP Assistants including audio and copy word processing (using digital dictation - Lexacom), making telephone calls and undertaking photocopying
- Handle telephone enquiries from patients and outside agencies
- Make telephone calls for appointments, referrals and other patient requirements
- Contact patients with results of tests as directed by clinicians
- Process referrals and referral forms (through SCI Gateway), and scan these into patient records

**Administrative functions**
- Take on a share of admin roles within the secretarial team. These roles involve patient contact and the collation of data
- Organise the medical student and GP rota on a weekly basis

**Medical Reports**
- Process medical reports and summaries on behalf of GPs.
- Carry out word processing, copying and recording of medical reports for the Courts and for Solicitors. Ensure legal correspondence is appropriately filed
- Process insurance medicals
- Process and record all fees for medical and insurance reports

**Other**
- Provide cover for the Reception Team during occasional absences/meeting attendance
- Cover the workload of Secretarial Team colleagues during team member absences

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.98 per hour

Expected hours: 25 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 10/01/2025
Reference ID: AF Dec 2024

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