Medical Secretary - Solihull, United Kingdom - Northbrook Group Practice

Northbrook Group Practice

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Solihull, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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This role is a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave_

Northbrook Group Practice are a CQC 'Outstanding' rated practice based in Solihull who serve a patient population of 11,500+ patients.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Medical Secretary to work 15 hours per week, over 2 days. Previous experience of working as an NHS Medical Secretary is essential and experience of using SystmOne is advantageous.

Thursday - Friday m unpaid lunch break)

Job summary:

To provide general secretarial support to the practice manager, doctors and health professionals involving word processing and audio typing skills with general clerical work.

Job responsibilities:

To provide an efficient audio, copy typing and word processing service for GPs and health professionals as required. This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, minutes, memorandums, etc. in an accurate and quality manner.
To complete the choose and book referral process.
To assist the practice manager with all clerical and administrative duties.
To make appointments, bookings and admissions as required.
Attend meetings and take minutes as required.
To establish and maintain filing and administrative systems so that written or computer information is easily accessible and secure.
To retrieve medical records and assist the completion of medical/insurance records.
To assist with the summarising of patient medical records.
File patient records and correspondence in patient medical records.
To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with others, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries.
To maintain the computer clinic system in an accurate and secure manner.
To assist with the gathering of statistics and information when required.
To provide cover for members of the secretarial team during periods of sickness and annual leave.
To receive and dispatch mail and maintain a pending system.
Any other duties as assigned by management.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the postholder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures

This will include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holder's role
Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
Reporting potential risks identified

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is nonjudgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: