About the Role
Felixstowe Road Medical Practice has an opportunity for an administrator to join our busy practice support team and assist in the smooth delivery of excellent patient care. This role is offered on a part-time basis for 32 hours per week working over 4/5 days.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
* Undertaking a variety of administrative duties including the provision of clerical support to clinical staff and other members of the practice team.
* Data entry and read coding of relevant patient information and medical data into the clinical system.
* Scanning patient information into computerised records, including medical documents, hospital records and letters, as necessary.
* Allocating workflow for review by doctors or other health professionals.
* Processing practice post and emails.
* Registering new patients.
* Handling enquiries efficiently.
* Chronic disease recall
* Summarising medical records
* Booking 24 Hour ECG appointments
* Organising 24 hour blood pressure monitoring
Please see the attached job description for further details.
About the Candidate
We would welcome applications from organised, adaptable and friendly individuals who are keen to help us provide high levels of customer service. Applicants should have the following skills and experience:
* An experienced administrator, with excellent IT, time management and organisational skills.
* Ability to communicate effectively, working in a confidential and discreet manner.
* Ability to multi-task, work efficiently and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure.
* Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.
* Primary care experience is desirable but not essential.
Some flexibility is required as you will sometimes need to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.
About Us
We are a friendly GP practice situated over the East side of Ipswich. Our aim is to provide high quality, patient centred care, adhering to a traditional model of general practice, whilst recognising the need to evolve and respond to the new challenges in health and social care.
We have just over 10,200 patients supported by a team of 7 GPs, 4 practice nurses and 2 healthcare assistants along side various PCN staff that are working for the practice. We are a training practice and currently have 4 GP registrars training at the practice.
Benefits include:
* NHS pension scheme
* Uniform provided
* On site parking
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.