Medical Secretary (CS005956) Permanent

Our client, within the medical industry and established for almost 20 years, is seeking a Medical Secretary to undertake a variety of duties and to maintain the efficient running of the business.

Key Duties:

• Typing clinical correspondence, medical reports etc. for allocated GPs with accuracy
• Assisting the Patient Services team with answering the telephone and dealing with queries as per the required protocol
• Assisting the rest of the team as allocated by the Manager to ensure workflow is on time
• Liaising with Consultant Personal Assistants to manage timely referrals
• Receiving telephone messages/queries, dealing with them efficiently
• Managing incoming emails/mail and directing appropriately
• Taking card payments from patients
• Updating the practice log to manage the flow of referrals etc.
• Documenting the patients’ records, ensuring accurate records of actions and following up
• Assisting the admin team with answering phones, making appointments and taking payments etc.
• Arranging meetings and scheduling for all allocated GPs and managing recurring meetings
• Recording records from data transferred, ensuring documents are filed under the correct heading
• Assisting allocated GPs with audit requirements and data searching
• Following up with assigned GPs on death reporting and ensuring the spreadsheet is completed in a timely manner before the clinical meetings each week
• Ensuring all compliance requirements are up to date, including policies and training requirements, and the completion of minor incident spreadsheets as required
• Ensuring complaint forms and allocated paperwork is completed by the allocated GPs in the event of complaints/events

Special requirements include:

• Excellent experience/understanding within a medical secretary background
• Educational achievement to at least GCSE (or equivalent), including English Language and Maths
• At least 4 years customer service and administration experience
• Computer literate with the ability to use a range of software programmes, including Microsoft Word (Excel and Outlook)
• The ability to learn new IT software quickly (with training)
• Excellent communication skills (both verbally and written)
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to think laterally and find solutions to problems
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail