Medical Secretary

**Modality Partnership Mid Sussex Division** has a full-time/part time vacancy for a Medical Secretary. The postholder will be a high performing administrator who will work to ensure referrals are sent out in a timely manner working at one of the following sites Ship Street Surgery, Judges Close Surgery, Crawley Down Health Centre or Park View Health Partnership providing a referral service for GPs who need to refer patients on to secondary care. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

This job is suitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working in an agile manner, delivering work that has time limited deadlines and who are committed to make real changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care.

**As an employee with us you can benefit from**

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Education and career pathway

Enhanced Family friendly policies

Flexible working

If you are interested in learning more, please read on.

**Main duties of the job**

The role is an all-rounded, hands-on referral administration role; the postholder will need to confidently evidence and utilise key skills such as effective communication, time management, diary management, and the ability to prioritise referrals and their different urgencies across the Division and the wider organisation. The postholder will work in collaboration with local divisions (including Divisional Boards) and the National Modality Business Support Team to deliver innovative ways of working to meet the strategic aims of the organisation.

**Overview of your organisation**

We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly with key team members to help us to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and staff satisfaction.

This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of administration skills to make sustainable changes within Primary Care.

All employees are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you have a passion for thinking outside the box, are organised, and are driven to find and implement solutions to improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to influence service improvement.
- **Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.**_

**Pre-employment**

**Vaccinations**

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.

**Right to work checks**

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.

**References**

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.

**Employment history**

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

**Qualifications and Experience**:
We require high performing team members to join our team with:
**Knowledge**:
GP Practice protocols and procedures

NHS systems

MS Word / Outlook Excel and other related software packages

Medical terminology

Referral Pathways

**Skills**:
Accurate typing

Word Processing

Diary management

**Personal Qualities**:
Professional approach to work

Excellent telephone manner

Excellent communication skills

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

**Salary**: From £11.44 per hour

Expected hours: 25 - 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme

**Experience**:

- Medical Receptionist: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person