Medical Secretary - Wokingham Division

Modality Partnership; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a part-time Medical Secretary to manage referral services in Wokingham. This role involves effective communication and time management skills, and the ability to work independently while supporting GPs. The ideal candidate will have a strong administrative background, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and a genuine commitment to improving patient care. Benefits include NHS pension enrollment and employee discounts.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Employee discounts and benefits

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in GP Practice protocols and procedures.
• Knowledge of NHS systems.
• Familiarity with medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Manage referral services for GPs.
• Collaborate with local divisions and business support teams.
• Prioritize tasks effectively.

Skills

Accurate typing

Diary management

Effective communication

Time management

Tools

MS Word

Outlook

Excel

Job description

Modality PartnershipWokingham Division has a part time vacancy, 22 hours per week, for a MedicalSecretary based at Wokingham Medical Centre. The postholder will be a highperforming administrator who will work to ensure referrals are sent out in atimely manner and providing a referral service for GPs who need to referpatients on to secondary care. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join ourteam and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respectand Excellence.

This job issuitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working inan agile manner, delivering work that has time limited deadlines and who arecommitted to make real changes to the health care services provided withinPrimary Care to improve patient care.

As an employee withus you can benefit from:

Enrolmentto the NHS pension scheme

Employeediscounts and benefits scheme

Employeeassistance programme (EAP)

Educationand career pathways

EnhancedFamily friendly policies

Flexibleworking

Wellbeingsupport and initiative

If you areinterested 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 evidenceand utilise key skills such as effective communication, time management, diarymanagement, and the ability to prioritise referrals and their differenturgencies across the Division and the wider organisation. The postholder willwork in collaboration with local divisions (including Divisional Boards) andthe National Modality Business Support Team to deliver innovative ways ofworking to meet the strategic aims of the organisation.

The role is nota regular 9am-5pm job and is not a pure typing secretarial role; the jobrequires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholder will berequired to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks arecompleted.

About us

We are one ofthe largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients andwith a workforce of 1500+. We are unique,we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through theimplementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across theorganisation. Your job is to work directly with key team members to help us toharmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient andstaff satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of administrationskills to make sustainable changes within Primary Care.

All employeesare welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. Weare committed to developing our people through education and career pathwaysand who align to our organisational values of CARE.

ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuringequal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.

Job responsibilities

Please refer tothe supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the coreresponsibilities of this role.

You will lovethis job if you have a passion for thinking outside the box, are organised,are driven to find and implement solutions to improve the day to day workingenvironment. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work fromthe ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to influence serviceimprovement.

If you feelthis is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise tothe challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to joinour growing team of likeminded people.

Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to closethis vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

Pre-employment

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

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove theirright to work in the UK at the interview stage

References

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

Employment history

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

Person Specification

Skills

• Accurate typing
• Word Processing
• Diary management

Personal Qualities

• Professional approach to work
• Excellent telephone manner

Knowledge

• GP Practice protocols and procedures
• NHS systems
• MS Word / Outlook Excel and other related software packages
• Medical terminology
• Referral Pathways

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.