Medical Secretary

A fantastic opportunity to join a leading Primary Care Network in Milton Keynes, looking to welcome a new Medical Secretary to the team.

This is an ideal role for someone with previous Medical Secretary or PA experience, and strong organisational and administrative skills.

You will be handling sensitive medical information, so a caring communication style is essential.

We regularly review applications, and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role.

Salary and Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• NHS Discounts with a massive number of retailers (with a Bluelight card)
• Wellbeing resources available free to all staff

Shift Pattern Conversations around flexible working and compressed hours are encouraged.

This vacancy is for 25 hours per week, working 12:30pm-5:30pm, Monday-Friday.

Your key responsibilities will include reading patient related correspondence, identifying relevant clinical information and updating patient notes.

You will also be providing general secretarial support toour practice and business managers, GPs and health professionals.

You will be handling sensitive medical information, so a caring customer service communication style is essential.

Likewise you will be expected to treat all patients (&colleagues) with dignity and respect at all times and last, but by no means least, maintain the utmost levels of professionalism and confidentiality at alltimes.

Working hand in hand with Watling Street Practice, Watling Street PCN supports our three practice sites in Stony Stratford, Shenley Church End and Great Holm, with a head office function based in Kiln Farm.

We are a forward thinking PCN in Milton Keynes, with aprogressive and compassionate approach to primary care.

As home to multi-disciplined teams of GPs, Nurses, HCAs and administrative staff, we have a flexible and supportive attitude where we encourage you to grow in a safe environment.

Main Responsibilities

• Handling referrals on a day to day basis
• Management of the referral link between primary and secondary care
• Dealing with email and telephone queries from patients &colleagues
• Assisting the Back Office team with any other duties required

To be successful in this role, you will need

• Great attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Competent typing and listening skills
• The ability to manage a heavy workload in a fast paced environment

About the Candidate

Attention to detail, a willingness to learn and a commitment to providing high quality patient services are essential in this role.

If youre passionate about making a positive impact on patients lives and are ready to contribute to a hardworking, collaborative administrative team, we encourage you to apply.

• Previous experience within either a clinical/healthcare admin, or a PA role
• Exceptional organisational and prioritising skills, combined with top level attention to detail
• Strong literacy and computer skills
• Experience working with variable stakeholders
• Experience working within a team
• Experience with electronic dictation
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Experience with clinical IT systems

• Grade C or above in GCSE Maths & English (or equivalent)

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.