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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Medical Secretary to join our busy secretary team on a Part-Time basis for 22 hours per week. The working pattern is Monday to Wednesday but there is some flexibility to change this. 

If you have experience of working in general practice, have great communication skills, attention to detail and are able to work well under pressure we would love to hear from you.

The full job specification can be found on NHS jobs here 

https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/A5155-25-0004?jobReference=A5155-25-0004&language=en

Due to retirement and internal promotion, we have an 2 exciting opportunity's to join our Dispensary Team as a Dispenser.  We are looking for 2 staff members for 25 hours per week each to be worked Monday to Friday, from 8am - 6.30pm. Shift patterns tend to be either 5 hours worked in the morning, 5 hours worked in the afternoon or a full day. 

We currently dispense to around half of our patient population, both in the practice and also via our delivery service.

We're looking for a high-performing and pleasant team player with good communication and interpersonal skills, initiative, attention to detail, potential to improve, and pride in themselves and their excellent work.

As a dispenser, as well as providing quick, accurate and efficient dispensing of medications you will also

· gather medications

· check dispensed medications

· answer patient and clinician queries

· order and re-order stock

· collect NHS prescription charges

· hand out dispensed medications to patients

· work and liaise with our dispensing team

Experience in pharmacy is essential as is NVQ level 2 in dispensing.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV, with a covering letter to Laura Cure, Dispensary Manager at Measham Medical Unit, High Street, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE12 7HR, or measham.doctors@nhs.net

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Expected hours: 25 per week

Benefits:

· Company events

· Company pension

· On-site parking

Schedule:

· Monday to Friday

We would like to wish all of our patients a happy and healthy Easter.

The medical unit will be open until 6pm on Thursday 17th April. We are then closed from Good Friday through to Easter Monday reopening Tuesday 22nd April.

If you require medical assistance during this time, please go to the "opening hours" page and "where to get help when we are closed."

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Medical Secretary Team on a Part-Time basis for 28 hours per week for a fixed term until 31st December. The working pattern is Monday to Wednesday but there is some flexibility to change this.

We are looking for someone who:

Has experience of working in general practice and has experience of the secretarial role.

Is friendly, polite and confident.

Can communicate effectively and has good interpersonal skills.

Has good attention to detail.

Is a team player.

Has the ability to work accurately under pressure.

Main duties

Providing an efficient audio and copy typing service for GPs and health professionals which includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, minutes, etc. in an accurate and quality manner.

Liaising with clinicians, administration staff, secondary care clinicians and their secretaries, patients, and other external organisations

Actioning all incoming email and all administrative queries as necessary and ensuring referrals are processed efficiently

Monitor daily tasks ensuring the workload is prioritised throughout the day

Supporting all clinical staff with general administrative tasks as requested

About us

Measham Medical Unit is a friendly, forward thinking and supportive GP practice based on the outskirts of North West Leicestershire, providing services to patients in North West Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire.

We have a comprehensive mutli-disciplinary team including GPs, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Paramedic,

Physicians Associates, First Contact Practitioner, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants and a Mental Health Facilitator.

The Partners are friendly and supportive and are supported by a well-established and cohesive Management Team, including a dedicated Office Manager.

Although we are a large practice, we have a friendly and informal atmosphere that encourages collaborative care for our patients and a nice working environment for our team.

Our in-house dispensary provides dispensing services to around half of our patient population and operates a delivery service.

We are proud to have our own patient transport operated solely for our patients and supported by a local charity.

We encourage early applications as we will close the vacancy if we receive a large number of applications.

You can apply via indeed, NHS jobs or by emailing your CV to measham.doctors@nhs.net, 

Closing date is Sunday 30th March. 

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during January 2025. 

The results are now in and out of the 562 responses we received, 513 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

Helping women and anyone with a cervix to understand how cervical screening can help to detect and prevent cervical cancer.

We know that for many cervical screening isn’t always an easy process, but our screening nurses are highly experienced and can help to make the quick lifesaving procedure comfortable for you. Currently 1 in 4 women do not attend their screening appointment, whatever the reason we’re here to support women to get their cervical screening when invited.

Cervical screenings are estimated to save 5,000 lives a year in the UK, so it’s important to remember that however you get screened it’s the best way to prevent cervical cancer. If it helps you to book and come along to your first or overdue screening there are lots of things that can be done to help make you feel comfortable such as playing music, reading a book, meditating, or bringing along a friend for support our nurses will help with anything else that helps to make you feel at ease.

Do the one thing that will help to detect cervical cancer - screening takes less than ten minutes, and it could save your life.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during October 2024. 

The results are now in and out of the 717 responses we received, 691 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during September 2024. The results are now in and out of the 740 responses we received, 713 were graded as Very Good or Good. We will continue to publish this data monthly. Thank you.

We are very pleased to annouce our Flu Campaign for 2024/2025

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during August 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 677 responses we received, 641 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly. 

Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during July 2024. 

The results are now in and out of the 752 responses we received, 703 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly. 

Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during June 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 593 responses we received, 548 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during May 2024. 

The results are now in and out of the 612 responses we received, 582 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly. 

Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during April 2024.

The results are now in and out of the 312 responses we received, 286 were graded as Very Good or Good. We will continue to publish this data monthly.

Thank you to all patients who attend their appointments or cancel them in advance.

As you can see from the figures, patients who "did not attend" which we refer to as a "DNA" is a real problem. We do send out reminder texts to patients 48 hours before any prebooked appointment to allow for the appointment to be cancelled or rescheduled if no longer needed or convenient. 

The results are in! 

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during February 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 798 responses we received, 752 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

We are very proud to announce we have been awarded Active Practice status by the Royal College of General Practitioners.

The team headed up by our practice champion Luke Barnett have worked really hard to achieve this status and you may have seen some of our team out on a short walk for our "walk your break" initiative. 

What is an Active Practice?

The Active Practices Charter is an initiative by The Royal College of GPs and Sport England to inspire GP practices to commit to increasing activity and reducing sedentary behaviour in both staff and patients.

We are all aware of the benefits of being more active so to prove to patients that we really do mean what we say, we took the steps to become accredited.  Luke, who works in our reception team, has really encouraged us all to get out walking and has been instrumental in achieving this accreditation.

If you would like to find out any further information about any of the Active Together groups that are available in our area, please call into the surgery to check out our notice board and/or ask to speak with Luke.  Luke works Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

More information can be found at  https://www.active-together.org/letsgetmoving

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during January 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 545 responses we received, 517 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.