Ravensworth Surgery

General Practitioner Assistant

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Job summary

Opportunity to join a small, loyal team working across two GP sites in the lovely towns of South Shields & Jarrow.

This new role combines mostly high end administrative duties in conjunction with basic clinical skills [which can be taught in-house] and prospective certified learning as a GPA. This is NOT a hands on care/carers/HCA role-it is classed as "non-clinical".

We are open to filling a full time or part time position, dependant on candidate. Applicants must have worked in primary care already and have built up skills and knowledge in the high end administration that working in a GP practice involves. PRIOR APPLICANTS NEED NOT RE-APPLY-THANK YOU

Main duties of the job

This is a fairly new role to primary care with the aim of utilising a number of high end skills and experience to further aid the patient path through our service and support the management team in the volume of behind scenes administrative and auditing work.

There is a requirement for some basic clinical skills to meet the wider remit of this role [which can be taught in-house when needed], along with set training and assessment process in recognised GPA training certification.

Please see attached job spec

About us

3 x Partners, 2 long-term locum GP's, ACP, NP, PN, HCA, GPA, Practice Manager, APM, Administrator and 6 non-clinical care navigators, with a further 2 joining us shortly. We have just shy of 6000 patients. We aim to give the best care and service possible to our patients. Staff opinion and suggestions are part of our regular interactions and meetings and we take on board work/life balance to make everyone's working day as pleasant as able.

We are a training practice, currently giving educational encouragement to an ST1, as well as involvement with student placements in medicine and pharmaceutical.

Details

Date posted

06 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Experienced in prim.care & high end admin will start at £13.50

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1800-25-0006

Job locations

Horsley Hill Road

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 3ET


The Medical Centre

Wear Street

Jarrow

Tyne And Wear

NE32 3JN


Job description

Job responsibilities

As previous submission this is a new role and of a mixed skill set including the opportunity to gain an educational certificate in GPA work, please see the attached job spec. Please note that interviews will be undertaken by 2 partners, salaried GP and PM, in person, at Ravensworth Surgery and will incorporate pre-set scenario questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As previous submission this is a new role and of a mixed skill set including the opportunity to gain an educational certificate in GPA work, please see the attached job spec. Please note that interviews will be undertaken by 2 partners, salaried GP and PM, in person, at Ravensworth Surgery and will incorporate pre-set scenario questions.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Please see the person spec at bottom of job spec attached
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Please see the person spec at bottom of job spec attached

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Ravensworth Surgery

Address

Horsley Hill Road

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 3ET


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Ravensworth Surgery

Address

Horsley Hill Road

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 3ET


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Mrs Kathryn Ali

K.ali1@nhs.net

+441914552093

Details

Date posted

06 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Experienced in prim.care & high end admin will start at £13.50

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1800-25-0006

Job locations

Horsley Hill Road

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 3ET


The Medical Centre

Wear Street

Jarrow

Tyne And Wear

NE32 3JN


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