AddressLitton Andrews (LA Medical Recruitment) providing a Total Medical/Healthcare Recruitment and Consultancy Service with the best staffing, practice and business solutions.
Our client, a respected Colorectal Surgeon who is a part of a Specialist Group, is seeking an experienced Medical Secretary to join the team. The client has clinics at both St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, North West Private Hospital and North Lakes. Whilst the position primarily will be based at St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Spring Hill, the successful candidate would be required to attend the North Lakes clinics 1 – 2 times a fortnight.
This is a permanent, full time position (76 hours a fortnight) working Monday to Friday with rostered hours between 7.30am to 4.30pm. Clinic days take place on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at St Andrew’s and a fortnightly clinic at North Lakes along with ad hoc clinics.
This position would suit a candidate with experience working in fast paced, surgical environment and who has the skills to multi-task and adapt to daily changes.
Key duties and responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
- Meet and greet of patients visiting the rooms
- Responding to all incoming phone calls and email correspondence in a timely manner and assisting patients with general enquiries
- Preparing theatre quotes and booking theatre procedures including liaising with all necessary people such as Anaesthetists and Assistant Doctors
- Processing of all patient billing/receipting for consultations and processing all inpatient/surgery billing (using Eclipse)
- Preparing and running patient clinics, including patient appointment bookings, data entry of patient details into Genie, reviewing upcoming clinics and ensuring all patient records are in order before the day of clinic, appointment reminders
- Providing general administration support to a Colorectal Surgeon
In addition to the key duties and responsibilities, Candidates must be able to demonstrate:
- Have at least 2 years previous experience using Genie software and working within a private specialist practice (preferably surgical specialist)
- Have a basic understanding of Eclipse billing for processing in-patient billing and surgical procedures
- A strong desire to provide a high level of service to the patients of the practice
- An exemplary telephone manner and a compassionate demeanour
- Demonstrate you are proactive with a strong time management and organisational skills along with the ability to prioritise your workload efficiently
- Must be able to multi skill and work under pressure, often reprioritising your tasks for the day to work in with a busy Colorectal Surgeon
- A sense of urgency and time management skills as weekly you will experience last minute patient additions to surgery lists – you need to be able to think on your feet
- Enjoy working as part of a team environment, but more importantly being the 1:1 Medical Secretary for a very busy, but also very approachable and understanding Colorectal Surgeon.
Remuneration:
A salary within the range of $32 - $35 per hour + super will be on offer to a suitably experienced candidate along with a uniform allowance and access to paid car parking.
For further information please contact Cathy Litton and her team directly on (07) 3184 6*** or 0422 888 *** a/hours. All applications can be emailed directly to *****@littonassociates.com or *****@littonassociates.com
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