Clinical Coder / Medical Secretary with experience of working in General Practice required to code incoming documentation and act as Medical Secretary.
Must be familiar with SystmOne and experienced in clinically coding eDocs and dealing with referrals and pathways.
The practice is moving towards becoming a paper-light environment, and it is the responsibility of the post-holder to clinically code all patient correspondence and summarise and code relevant information from patients' clinical records into the practice clinical system, working strictly in accordance with the practice notes summarising protocol.
To provide Medical Secretarial support to the practice manager, doctors, and health professionals, typing patient correspondence ie: referral/hospital letters, private referrals, and miscellaneous reports and letters for third parties, and assisting where possible with general clerical work.
Main duties of the job
* Clinical Coder / Medical Secretary with experience of working in General Practice.
* Adding clinical codes to incoming documentation and summarising patient's records.
* Act as backup Medical Secretary and provide full cover when our Senior Medical Secretary is on leave.
* Must be familiar with SystmOne and experienced in clinically coding eDocs and dealing with referrals and pathways.
About us
We are a friendly and successful training practice based in Pudsey, West Leeds with over 7600 patients. We have 4 GP Partners, 2 salaried GPs, and 3 GP Registrars, a proactive professional nursing team, and an excellent admin/reception team.
We work closely with our PCN, West Leeds Primary Care Network, and offer a range of services for our patients.
Job responsibilities
* To provide Medical Secretarial support to the practice manager, doctors, and health professionals, typing patient correspondence ie: referral/hospital letters, private referrals, and miscellaneous reports and letters for third parties, and assisting where possible with general clerical work.
* Telephone work dealing with incoming calls, ringing patients, hospitals, making patient appointments where appropriate, reviewing LeedsCare Record when needed, liaising with hospital departments. Enter admin notes on clinical system to record telephone conversations. Dealing with practice tasks. Filing and extracting records when needed.
* The practice is moving towards becoming a paper-light environment, and it is the responsibility of the post-holder to clinically code all patient correspondence, summarise and code relevant information from patients' clinical records into the practice computer system, working strictly in accordance with the practice notes summarising protocol.
* Offer general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone. Receive, assist, and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient, and effective way. Undertake a variety of administrative duties to assist in the smooth running of the practice, including the provision of secretarial and clerical support to clinical staff and other members of the practice team. Facilitate effective communication between patients, members of the primary health care team, secondary care, and other associated healthcare agencies. Such other duties as may from time to time be agreed between the post holder and the Practice Manager or doctors to ensure the smooth running of the practice.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experienced clinical coder and summariser.
* Experienced Medical Secretary.
* Experience of working in a GP Practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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