Medical Secretary

DARA Recruitment Solutions Ltd are currently working with a well-known GP Practice in Derby City Centre who are looking for recruit a Medical Secretary for their practice on a part-time basis 25 hour a week permanent contract

The role is Monday Friday 5 hours per day between the hours of 7:30am and 18:30pm.

Medical Secretary Duties will include:

To provide an effective and comprehensive secretarial service to the practice, including typing of letters and reports, to assist in the delivery of quality care to patients.

To be responsible for the transcription and forwarding of all referral letters, ensuring they are forwarded to the appropriate hospital departments in agreed timescales.

To be responsible for the co-ordination of the cancer referral process, as determined by National and local guidance and protocols.

To respond to queries from both clinical staff and patients, referring to senior staff where appropriate, ensuring all responses are efficient and effective.

Extensive use of GP clinical systems and linked software, to update and store data in line with practice policy, to ensure records are up to date and available for clinical staff at all times.

To be responsible for reviewing and developing filing systems for the practice, thereby ensuring they are fit for current needs of the practice.

Retrieval of information as required from both computer and manual systems.

To provide ad hoc administrative support to all the practice team, as required, in order to maintain an adequate and continuous service for patients and clinical staff.

To work within the practices agreed policies and guidelines where appropriate,

commenting on and contributing to changing such policies.

Medical Secretary Requirements:

• Minimum 5 GCSE including Maths & English at Grade 9-4/A-C or equivalent
• Typewriting or word processing RSA 2 (RSA 3 Desirable) or equivalent
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• 2 years secretarial experience in an office environment
• Medical secretarial experience (desirable)
• Understanding of medical terminology
• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Previous experience of team working (desirable)
• Previous NHS experience (desirable)
• An understanding of health and safety issues
• An understanding & acceptance of a strict code of confidentiality
• Resourcefulness and ability to use own judgement in response to patients