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Jessop Medical Practice

General Practice Assistant (GPA)

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Job summary

GP Assistants play an important role in Primary Care, helping to ensure patient health and care is timely, efficient, and patient-centred. It focusses on supporting General Practitioners and the wider team in their day-to-day management of patients, specifically aimed at reducing the administrative work and making best use of consultations.

A GPA is an enhanced administrative role, with some basic clinical elements and can be flexed to suit general practice requirements. These duties can involve handling patient records, assisting with medical tests or procedures, managing correspondence and medical reports, and helping patients with basic queries maintaining smooth workflow in the practice.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

  • Support with filling and preparing forms (e.g., insurance, mortgage, benefits, and report requests) for GP approval.
  • Review patient online record access requests and help manage these as needed, for example, authorise access as appropriate or flag with a GP.
  • Organize and electronically file correspondence and patient documents.
  • Extract key information from clinical correspondence, such as monitoring results or summaries, and update patient records.
  • Support administrative tasks related to patient monitoring, including calculating averages and making sure these are dealt with, for example, booking appropriate team members to review
  • Assist the administrative team by contributing to efficient workflow coordination.
  • Maintain accurate records in compliance with confidentiality and data protection regulations.
  • Provide general administrative support to ensure smooth operations.
  • Assisting in the preparation of materials for meetings, audits, and other administrative functions

About us

Jessop Medical Practice provides healthcare to approximately 17,000 patients in the heart of Amber Valley, Derbyshire. We work from 2 purpose-built premises in Leabrooks and Ripley.

We are a friendly, supportive and an innovative team. We pride ourselves on our excellent support network and strong local reputation.

Our practice operates on SystmOne.

Details

Date posted

05 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2479-25-0000

Job locations

Greenhill Lane

Leabrooks

DE55 1LU


Jessop Medical Practice

Church Farm

Ripley

DE5 3TH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support with filling and preparing forms (e.g., insurance, mortgage, benefits, and report requests) for GP approval.

  • Review patient online record access requests and help manage these as needed, for example, authorise access as appropriate or flag with a GP.

  • Organize and electronically file correspondence and patient documents.

  • Extract key information from clinical correspondence, such as monitoring results or summaries, and update patient records.

  • Support administrative tasks related to patient monitoring, including calculating averages and making sure these are dealt with, for example, booking appropriate team members to review

  • Assist the administrative team by contributing to efficient workflow coordination.

  • Maintain accurate records in compliance with confidentiality and data protection regulations.

  • Provide general administrative support to ensure smooth operations.

  • Assisting in the preparation of materials for meetings, audits, and other administrative functions

Optional clinical duties (based on training and requirements):

  • Assist GPs and nurses with simple clinical tasks (e.g., taking blood pressure or performing ECGs).

  • Prepare clinical equipment and treatment rooms for examinations

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support with filling and preparing forms (e.g., insurance, mortgage, benefits, and report requests) for GP approval.

  • Review patient online record access requests and help manage these as needed, for example, authorise access as appropriate or flag with a GP.

  • Organize and electronically file correspondence and patient documents.

  • Extract key information from clinical correspondence, such as monitoring results or summaries, and update patient records.

  • Support administrative tasks related to patient monitoring, including calculating averages and making sure these are dealt with, for example, booking appropriate team members to review

  • Assist the administrative team by contributing to efficient workflow coordination.

  • Maintain accurate records in compliance with confidentiality and data protection regulations.

  • Provide general administrative support to ensure smooth operations.

  • Assisting in the preparation of materials for meetings, audits, and other administrative functions

Optional clinical duties (based on training and requirements):

  • Assist GPs and nurses with simple clinical tasks (e.g., taking blood pressure or performing ECGs).

  • Prepare clinical equipment and treatment rooms for examinations

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Essential Skills and Qualifications:
  • A willingness to learn and grow in the role.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
  • A caring and professional attitude towards patients.
  • Previous experience in a medical or healthcare setting.
  • Basic understanding of medical terminology.
  • IT literacy, particularly with medical software systems SystmOne.
  • A willingness to undergo training for specific clinical tasks as required.

Desirable

  • Desirable Skills and Qualifications:
  • Experience working in a GP practice or healthcare environment.
  • Knowledge of NHS procedures and patient care protocols.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Essential Skills and Qualifications:
  • A willingness to learn and grow in the role.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
  • A caring and professional attitude towards patients.
  • Previous experience in a medical or healthcare setting.
  • Basic understanding of medical terminology.
  • IT literacy, particularly with medical software systems SystmOne.
  • A willingness to undergo training for specific clinical tasks as required.

Desirable

  • Desirable Skills and Qualifications:
  • Experience working in a GP practice or healthcare environment.
  • Knowledge of NHS procedures and patient care protocols.

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

Jessop Medical Practice

Address

Greenhill Lane

Leabrooks

DE55 1LU


Employer's website

https://jessopmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Jessop Medical Practice

Address

Greenhill Lane

Leabrooks

DE55 1LU


Employer's website

https://jessopmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Practice Manager

Collette Crompton

collettecrompton@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

05 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2479-25-0000

Job locations

Greenhill Lane

Leabrooks

DE55 1LU


Jessop Medical Practice

Church Farm

Ripley

DE5 3TH


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