Medical Secretary
St. Andrew’s Medical Practice
Spennymoor, DL16 6QAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£13.61
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 December 2026
26 days leftJob description
We are looking for a full-time medical secretary to provide maternity leave cover. You will be part of a small team of four medical secretaries workin...
The Medical Secretary provides comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to GPs and the wider clinical team within a busy GP practice. The role is essential in ensuring efficient patient care by managing correspondence, referrals, and clinical documentation in line with NHS and practice protocols.
Key Responsibilities- Provide secretarial support to GPs and other clinicians
- Process and manage referrals accurately and promptly
- Type clinical correspondence, including referral letters, reports, and patient summaries
- Manage incoming and outgoing post, including hospital letters and test results
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records using clinical systems
- Liaise with hospitals, community services, and other healthcare providers
- Track and follow up referrals to ensure continuity of care
- Handle patient queries related to referrals and administrative requests
- Ensure all work complies with NHS guidelines, GDPR, and confidentiality policies.
The Medical Secretary provides comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to GPs and the wider clinical team within a busy GP practice. The role is essential in ensuring efficient patient care by managing correspondence, referrals, and clinical documentation in line with NHS and practice protocols.
- Based within a GP surgery.
- Regular use of computers and clinical systems
- Interaction with patients may be face-to-face, telephone, or online
- Provide secretarial support to GPs and other clinicians
- Process and manage referrals (e.g. eRS NHS e-Referral Service) accurately and promptly
- Type clinical correspondence, including referral letters, reports, and patient summaries
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records using clinical systems (e.g. EMIS, SystmOne)
- Liaise with hospitals, community services, and other healthcare providers
- Track and follow up referrals to ensure continuity of care
- Handle patient queries related to referrals and administrative requests
- Ensure all work complies with NHS guidelines, GDPR, and confidentiality policies
We are a large practice (16000 patients) with an extensive multi-disciplinary team of GPs, ANPs, paramedics, physiotherapist, pharmacists and admin team as well as the secretarial team. The practice is always busy but the GPs and team members are extremely supportive and help each other whenever necessary. This makes for a very happy environment where the staff are valued and recognised for their hard work.
Experience
Essential: - Excellent typing and IT skills; - Strong understanding of medical terminology; - Good knowledge of confidentiality and data protection
Desirable
- Previous experience in a GP practice or NHS setting
- Knowledge of Systemone
- Familiarity with NHS e-referral service
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
12 November 2026
Last checked
12 November 2026
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