Medical Secretary
| Posting date: | 13 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,036.62 to £25,651.14 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25036.62 - £25651.14 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2025 |
| Location: | Cleator Moor, CA25 5HP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A4097-25-0002 |
Summary
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 undertake referrals via the Choose and book System. To establish and maintain filing and administrative systems so that written or computer information is easily accessible and secure. 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 assist with the gathering of statistics and information when required. In liaison with the clerk responsible, maintain adequate supplies of office stationery in order to perform secretarial duties. To maintain the computer clinic system in an accurate and secure manner. To provide cover for members of the secretarial team during periods of sickness and annual leave. 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 post-holder 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