Details
1093509
University of Staffordshire
30/04/2025
Ongoing
Monday-Friday
Smart Casual
Pay
£12.60
£1.52
Description
Role
Do you have experience in providing secretarial support? This DUAL role will be split as a secretary and in Prescriptions for their team.
The medical Secretary skills are the focus of the role. As a medical Secretary, you will provide general secretarial support to the practice clinical staff involving word processing and generation of private medical reports as well as general clerical work. You will also Support patients with referral and secondary care queries.
In your other role you will support patients with queries relating to their prescriptions and to issue prescriptions within the practice protocols and guidelines.
The hourly rate for this position is £12.60 per hour
Duties and responsibilities
Secretary
- To provide an efficient 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 make referral appointments, bookings, and admissions as required.
- To maintain filing and administrative systems
- To retrieve medical records and insurance documents
- File patient records
- Update patient medical records
- To deal with patient queries
Prescription Clerk
- To support the pharmacy team by preparing repeat prescriptions for issue.
- To process prescription queries from patients for the practice pharmacist to review
- To support the local pharmacies and nursing homes with their queries and request
- To work with the practice pharmacist to ensure the prescribing function of the practice is delivered efficiently, safely, and in a timely manner for patients and the practice.
- To assist with the gathering of statistics and information when required.
- To provide cover for members of the secretarial team and prescriptions admin team during periods of sickness and annual leave.
- To receive and dispatch mail (Postal, emails)
Skills and experience
Essential Requirements
- You will have strong experience in providing secretarial support.
- Experience of working in a medical primary care setting or similar
- Proficient in using Computer Databases or CRM's
- Strong understanding of patient confidentiality and GDPR
- Educated to college level or higher
- Awareness of H&S at work requirements
- Commitment to ongoing development and CPD
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Good interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Previous experience of using EMIS and/or AccuRx
Location
Stone
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Holiday Pay
- Pension Scheme