Medical Secretary

Primary Care Careers; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Ipswich is seeking a part-time medical secretary to manage patient information and support healthcare delivery. The ideal candidate will have primary care experience, strong typing and administrative skills, and a sound knowledge of medical terminology. Responsibilities include providing a full secretarial service, maintaining clinical systems, and ensuring confidentiality. This role is critical in ensuring healthcare providers have access to necessary data for quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a GP surgery is preferred.
• Experience with clinical systems and confidentiality.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full secretarial service including typing and handling queries.
• Maintain the clinical system accurately and securely.
• Assist with gathering statistics and information.

Skills

Primary care experience

Audio- and touch-typing skills

Strong administrative experience

Sound knowledge of medical terminology

Excellent general IT skills

Experience in read-coding

Excellent communication skills

Multi-tasking ability

Tools

EMR Systems

MS Office

eClinicalWorks

Athenahealth

Epic

Job description

The Holbrook and Shotley Practice are looking to welcome a part-time medical secretary into our busy practice - hours are to be agreed.

With the increasing use of technology in general practice medical secretaries are playing an increasingly important role in managing patient information and ensuring that healthcare providers have access to the data they need to deliver high-quality care.

The main responsibilities of the role include :

• Providing a full secretarial service including the typing of letters reports patient referrals meeting minutes memorandums etc.
• Handling queries regarding hospital appointments and treatments.
• Ensuring that any requests for information are appropriately dealt with and that all subsequent charges are invoiced appropriately.
• Arranging meetings (to include the booking of rooms) as required.
• Designing template letters and forms for use throughout the practice.
• Maintaining the clinical system in an accurate and secure manner.
• Assisting with the gathering of statistics and information.

About the Candidate

We would welcome applications from those with the following skills and experience :

• Ideally primary care experience gained within a GP surgery.
• Audio- and touch-typing skills.
• Strong administrative experience and good organisation skills.
• Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
• Excellent general IT skills including MS Office and experience of working with a clinical system.
• Experience in read-coding and work-flowing clinical documentation.
• Excellent communication skills.
• 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 independently.

About Us

The Holbrook and Shotley Practice is a GP Practice across two surgery sites. We pride ourselves on providing a high standard of care to our 8000 patients. Our Practice team comprises of three GP Partners two salaried GPs supported by a highly experienced team of nurses dispensers paramedics and reception team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Key Skills

• EMR Systems
• Typing
• Athenahealth
• Clerical Experience
• eClinicalWorks
• Insurance Verification
• Medical office experience
• Office Experience
• Computer Literacy
• Medical Terminology
• CPT Coding
• Epic

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1