
Job requirements
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Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
Medical Secretary experience
- Qualifications
Experience within private healthcare
- Qualifications
MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) Experience would be desirable
- Qualifications
Excellent communication skills
- Qualifications
Good time management and prioritisation skills
- Qualifications
Organisational kills
- Qualifications
Telephony skills
- Qualifications
IT Literate
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job Description:
Medical Secretary
Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU
Bank contract
£17ph
Shifts will be Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm – shifts will vary week to week depending on need but will primarily be to cover leave and sickness absence with additional admin assistance from time to time.
We make health happen
Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.
Role Overview
As a Medical Secretary, you will provide administrative support for the Medical Secretaries’ department. You will interact with patients, consultants, staff and visitors to facilitate a coordinated pathway of care for patients.
What you’ll do
- To provide admin support to the department. To prioritise doctors’ workload accordingly ensuring each practitioner’s work is accurately completed on time.
- To always maintain a polite and friendly manner and a high standard of confidentiality
- To work as part of a team – showing flexibility of shared tasks to ensure that we provide the best quality service in a pleasant environment for both staff and patients.
- To file all correspondence, test results and referral letters into the patient’s notes before returning to medical records.
- To receive telephone messages and relevant queries. Send/receive faxed messages and relay promptly to doctor concerned. To request patient information from outside organisations
- To support in the coordination of our multi-disciplinary team meetings to ensure consultant engagement and the smooth running of the meeting.
What you’ll bring
- Medical Secretary experience
- Experience within private healthcare
- MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) Experience would be desirable
- Excellent communication skills
- Good time management and prioritisation skills
- Organisational kills
- Telephony skills
- IT Literate
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
- Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
- Various other benefits and online discounts
- Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
- Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
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