Medical Secretary – Barrack Lane Medical Centre
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MEDICAL SECRETARY
The Barrack Lane Medical Centre has a vacancy for a Medical Secretary to work across Barrack Lane and our branch surgery at Stoke Park in Ipswich. This is a very busy, interesting and rewarding job. It is a full time post of 37 hours a week.
The Practice has a list size of approximately 20,000 patient across two sites in Ipswich. You would be assisted by a friendly and supportive clinical team of GPs, NPs, ECP, Paramedics, Pharmacists, a Physician Associate and first class nursing, administrative and management teams. This Pratices works as part of a Primary Care Network.
The Secretary is a varied role and the main duties will be to ensure that that patients are referred to the hospital and other agencies and services, in a timely and accurate way. The referral process can be complicated and the secretary will support and advice all clinicians regarding the correct route for each type of referral.
Managing the needs of the patient and answering the patients queries
Ensuring all information is recorded accurately on the computer system
Working as part of the administrative and coding team and supporting all members of the Practice Staff
This post requires:
Excellent communication skills and a caring approach
The ability to work calmly and efficiently in a very busy environment
To maintain confidentiality and accuracy at all times
Good IT skills (training is given on the clinical system)
This full time post is for approx 37 hours a week. The hours for this post will be spread over 5 days. The hourly rate is approx. £10 per hour and is dependent on experience.
We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions please email on lesley.watt3@nhs.net
