Medical Secretary

Are you a detail-oriented professional with excellent communication skills, looking to join a dynamic and supportive team?

Do you thrive in high-pressure environments and have a knack for multi-tasking and time management?

Are you ready to take yoursecretarial career to the next level with an innovative Practice?

If this describes you, we would love to hear from you! We are looking for a new Medical Secretary to join our small and dedicated team. We support eachother and pride ourselves in providing an excellent standard of care to our patients.

To independentlyprovide an efficient, comprehensive secretarial support service to the Practice in line with procedural guidelines.

Portsdown Group Practice covers thewhole of Portsmouth from postcodes PO1 to PO7.We operate from 6 surgeries:
Cosham Park House (PO6 3BG
), Crookhorn Lane(PO7 5XP
), Heyward Road (PO4 0DY
), Kingston Crescent (PO2 8AL
), Paulsgrove (PO64HJ
), and Somerstown (PO5 4EZ
).

We are our own Primary Care Network(PCN). We have Clinical Partners, Salaried GPs and a comprehensive Nursing andextended clinical team overseen by our Clinical Team Manager. The team consists of Nurse / Paramedic Practitioners, Registered Nurses, HCAs, MSK Physiotherapists, Podiatrist, Social Prescribers and Care Co-ordinators. The Pharmacy team consists of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.

To prioritise all correspondence appropriately

Work with all members of the secretarial team to ensure workload is completed in a timely and efficient manner.

Preparation and production of document templates

Type and save all correspondence appropriately using the Practiceclinical system

Enter all correspondence onto the Practice clinical system using READcodes where appropriate

Log all referrals appropriately

Actively and effectively utilise e-referral where appropriate and encourage uptake amongst clinicians

For further details on the role, including hours and the person specification - please look at our Vacancy Pack and Job Description to the right (at the bottom if on a mobile).

• Experience in healthcare environment
• Experience of using Systm One

• Good standard of education including Grade C / 5 in English as a minimum
• RSA Qualification or similar

• Letter writing
• Medical terminology

• Good organisational skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to stay calm under pressure
• Ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise own workload