Medical Secretary and Admin Safeguarding Lead
The medical secretary also provides some secretarial support to the Practice Business Manager The Administration Safeguarding Lead at a GP surgery plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and welfare of vulnerable patients, particularly children and adults at risk.
To provide a medical secretarial service to the Practice primarily to process patient referrals and medical reports generated by the doctors, health professionals, to deal with all related enquiries and queries. The medical secretary also provides some secretarial support to the Practice Business Manager Job responsibilities: To provide an efficient audio, copy typing and word processing service for GPs and health professionals as required.
This includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, minutes, memorandums, etc. in an accurate and quality manner. To assist the practice manager with all clerical and administrative duties. To make appointments, bookings and admissions as required.
To liaise and arrange meetings (to include the booking of rooms) as required and to attend meetings and take minutes. To establish and maintain filing and administrative systems so that written or computer information is easily accessible and secure.
To retrieve medical records and assist the completion of medical/insurance records. File patient records and correspondence in patient medical records. To receive incoming and initiate outgoing telephone calls in order to facilitate timely and appropriate communications with others, taking messages and dealing with appropriate queries.
To maintain the computer clinic system in an accurate and secure manner. To assist with the gathering of statistics and information when required. To provide cover for members of the secretarial team during periods of sickness and annual leave.
In liaison with the clerk responsible, maintain adequate supplies of office stationery in order to perform secretarial duties. To receive and dispatch mail and maintain a pending system. Work to tight timelines with two week wait and urgent referrals.
Use of NHS E-referral service, referral selection service and advice partners of current referral trends and criteria. Use of DOCMAN and EMIS tasks to process clinical information and organise care in a confidential and timely manner. Expediting hospital appointments and chasing results.
Ensure that all members of staff including the partners are aware of any changes to services within primary and secondary care and all private and public sector agencies that the surgery uses. Carry out tasks and data input to assist the practice in data collection and audits that may be required from time to time.
Arrange Palliative Care meetings and record care plans on computer. Organise any other meetings that may be deemed necessary and prepare agenda and record minutes. Communication with patients to update information as required and updating surgery website.
Deal with patients face to face to organise their care. Record all activity in connection with the patient care on the clinical computer system using read codes where appropriate. Liaise with all third party agencies to arrange the patient care as instructed by the GPs.
Inform partners and staff of any changes to services and procedures carried out to maintain patient care. Keep records of non-NHS work including invoices, medical reports, copies in accordance with the Data Protection Act. Arrange access to patient records in accordance with the practice policies and procedures with particular attention to the Data Protection Act.
Filing Attend practice meetings when required. Admin Safeguarding Lead responsibilities: Policy Development: Developing and implementing policies and procedures related to safeguarding vulnerable patients, in accordance with local and national guidelines.
Training and Awareness: Providing training and raising awareness among staff about safeguarding issues signs of abuse or neglect, and how to respond appropriately. Risk Assessment: Conducting risk assessments for vulnerable patients and ensuring appropriate measures are in place to mitigate risks to their safety.
Referrals and Reporting: Managing referrals to external agencies, such as social services or safeguarding teams, when abuse or neglect is suspected or identified. They may also be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely reporting of safeguarding concerns to relevant authorities.
Support and Liaison: Providing support to patients who may be experiencing abuse or neglect, and liaising with other healthcare professionals, social workers, and support agencies to coordinate care and support. Record Keeping: Maintaining accurate and confidential records of safeguarding concerns, assessments, and actions taken, in compliance with data protection regulations.
Monitoring and Review: Monitoring safeguarding practices within the GP surgery, reviewing policies and procedures regularly to ensure they remain up-to-date and effective. Overall, the Administration Safeguarding Lead plays a vital role in promoting a culture of safeguarding within the GP surgery and ensuring that the welfare of vulnerable patients is prioritized and protected.
This list is not exhaustive but gives an indication of the types of tasks that may be allocated to you as appropriate to your role. Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters.
They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers.
They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Health & safety: The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures.
This will include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually) Reporting potential risks identified Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources