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GP Assistant (Clerical)

Great Eccleston Health Centre

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Job summary

Great Eccleston Health Centre is currently recruiting enthusiastic, forward thinking GP Assistant (Clerical) to look after the health and wellbeing of our local population. This is an exciting opportunity for a General Practice Assistant (GPA) to join our friendly and dynamic team. The position is for 20 hours per week, days and times to be confirmed at interview.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support in:

Improving patient access and releasing highly qualified staff to concentrate on treating and managing patients with more complex conditions

Improving patient flow within surgery hours, increasing the time efficiency of appointments, and reduction of waiting times

Reduce time spent by GPs on managing correspondence

You will be expected to develop links with local GP practices, colleagues within the service and local communities to ensure delivery of integrated, patient focused care, demonstrating flexibility in the role and a caring attitude towards patients.

You will have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills together with a good working knowledge of primary care and the challenges facing patient care in the NHS.

About us

Great Eccleston health Centre is a rural GP practice with an excellent reputation for patient care and service provision.

The Practice serves a community of 7900 patients

The Practice is forward thinking and recognises the skills and interests of all our team members.

Date posted

20 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A0416-24-0002

Job locations

Raikes Road

Great Eccleston

Preston

PR3 0ZA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Our GP Assistant (Clerical) will support the smooth running of clinics by performing routine administration and clinical tasks on behalf of the GP. They would support the GPs/ANPs with urgent admin such as fast tracks, x-rays, scans and referrals generated from our patients with an urgent acute condition.

Duties

Sorting all clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Signposting some post to others such as clinical pharmacist etc as appropriate.

Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients

Clinical coding, following appropriate training.

Sorting, filing and distributing incoming test results.

Dealing with patient queries regarding test results and informing patients of test results in line with agreed practice policies.

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients.

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on-call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultation(s)

Be the first point of contact for clinicians to assist with patient admin tasks, liaising with hospitals and other providers as necessary.

Other duties which may be developed to support clinicians, following appropriate training.

Track and record evidence of your experience against the national competency framework

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our GP Assistant (Clerical) will support the smooth running of clinics by performing routine administration and clinical tasks on behalf of the GP. They would support the GPs/ANPs with urgent admin such as fast tracks, x-rays, scans and referrals generated from our patients with an urgent acute condition.

Duties

Sorting all clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Signposting some post to others such as clinical pharmacist etc as appropriate.

Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients

Clinical coding, following appropriate training.

Sorting, filing and distributing incoming test results.

Dealing with patient queries regarding test results and informing patients of test results in line with agreed practice policies.

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients.

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on-call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultation(s)

Be the first point of contact for clinicians to assist with patient admin tasks, liaising with hospitals and other providers as necessary.

Other duties which may be developed to support clinicians, following appropriate training.

Track and record evidence of your experience against the national competency framework

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public
  • Experience of working in a health care setting
  • Competent in the use of IT Systems

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a General Practice Assistant
  • Experience of electronic patient records
  • Experience of working in primary care
  • Experience of Emis Web clinical system

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Grade A to C in English Language and Maths

Desirable

  • Evidence of further qualifications e.g. NVQ Level 2-3
  • GP Assistant Qualification
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public
  • Experience of working in a health care setting
  • Competent in the use of IT Systems

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a General Practice Assistant
  • Experience of electronic patient records
  • Experience of working in primary care
  • Experience of Emis Web clinical system

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Grade A to C in English Language and Maths

Desirable

  • Evidence of further qualifications e.g. NVQ Level 2-3
  • GP Assistant Qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Great Eccleston Health Centre

Address

Raikes Road

Great Eccleston

Preston

PR3 0ZA


Employer's website

https://www.greateccleston.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Great Eccleston Health Centre

Address

Raikes Road

Great Eccleston

Preston

PR3 0ZA


Employer's website

https://www.greateccleston.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Manager

gpccg.gp-p81059@nhs.net

Date posted

20 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A0416-24-0002

Job locations

Raikes Road

Great Eccleston

Preston

PR3 0ZA


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