About the Role
Spire St Anthony's Hospital is recruiting for a Bank Medical Secretary to provide a proficient and professional medical service to consultants, acting as a point of contact for patient enquiries and offering outstanding customer service.
Responsibilities
- Providing an efficient and timely secretarial service to assigned consultants and any other associated teams.
- Liaising with patients on a daily basis, handling queries and arranging admissions as and when required, in a professional and courteous manner.
- Liaising with insurance companies and other external agencies, as appropriate.
- Production of medical letters, operation/clinic notes and discharge summaries.
- Arranging completion of claim forms, if required, with relevant consultant, ensuring all financial paperwork is kept up to date.
- Developing good working relationships with consultants, administration teams, nursing staff and any other departments.
- Manage outpatient bookings, where required, ensuring the appointments process runs smoothly.
- Manage Consultants’ records and filing.
- Undertake all work in accordance with company hospital policies and procedures.
- Ensuring familiarity with the Health and Safety at Work Act, including manual handling and fire procedures.
- To maintain confidentiality of all information acquired with regard to patients, consultants and staff.
- Provide and receive patient information, ensuring that all patient information is provided, received and recorded in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Spire policies.
- To present a professional, smart image at all times, ensuring adherence to hospital uniform policy.
- Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.
Requirements
- Audio skills.
- Good standard of secondary education with demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills.
- Track record of successful delivery in a similar role, with experience in a wide range of secretarial duties.
Location
- Sutton
Work Type
- Bank
- Zero-hour contract
Education Level
- Good standard of secondary education
Benefits
- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (Pro Rata)
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Free Bupa wellness screening
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
About the Company
- Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.
- It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients.
- It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.
- Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.
