Sutton Primary Care Networks

GP Enhanced Access Team Lead

The closing date is 30 September 2025

Job summary

As a GPEA Team leader you will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and management of GPEA reception staff and associated functions, including the repeat prescribing and the clinical system, ensuring all functions are carried out in accordance with agreed procedures, protocols and time-scales, and reporting to the practice manager as necessary.

Shift Pattern

Week 1: Monday-Friday 12:00-20:00

Week 2: Wednesday-Friday 12:00-20:00 & Weekends 07:30-15:30

Main duties of the job

  • Organising the reception rota and ensuring sufficient cover is provided at all times.
  • In agreement with the GPEA Lead Coordinator, arranging locum staff when required.
  • To co-ordinate and participate in reception duties.
  • Ensuring all patients and visitors are treated in a professional and pleasant manner.
  • To assist with the registration of new patients, repeat prescription requests, booking appointments and take joint responsibility for dealing with any queries that arise in Reception.

About us

Sutton PCNs is the network of Sutton PCNs working together in Sutton and is also the local GP Federation. All GP practices in Sutton are shareholders (members) of the Sutton PCNs and our Board provides clear leadership through strong GP practice/PCN representation. Our mission is to work collaboratively with patients, practices, the emerging Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and staff to deliver consistently outstanding health and care services for all our communities.

As is the case elsewhere, Primary Care in Sutton is under extreme pressure. The challenge for Sutton PCNs is to work in partnership with our local ICB our four PCNs (and 24 practices) and the wider Integrated Care System in Southwest London to help shape and implement the transformation of Primary Care in Sutton to ensure that it can both survive and thrive while shifting to population health approaches to health and care.

The Sutton PCNs shape and deliver health care with our practices to improve patient outcomes. We have developed a comprehensive strategy for the development of the Sutton PCNs. The post holder will have a key role in supporting the development of our Extended Access and as such will be required to have significant experience of either primary care or development of small or emerging organisations. You'll be joining a great team in a great place, where your commitment will be genuinely valued, your skills respected, and your ambition rewarded.

Details

Date posted

20 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£30,000 a year depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2700-25-0049

Job locations

Thomas Wall Centre

52 Benhill Avenue

Sutton

Surrey

SM1 4DP


Manor Practice

6 Mollison Square

Wallington

Surrey

SM6 9DW


Robin Hood Lane Health Centre

Robin Hood Lane

Sutton

Surrey

SM1 2RJ


The Wrythe Green Surgery

Wrythe Lane

Carshalton

Surrey

SM5 2RE


The James O'riordan Medical Centre

70 Stonecot Hill

Sutton

Surrey

SM3 9HE


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Manage and support a EA staff at any one time to ensure quality standards are met at all times
  • Ensure the smooth running of both the Enhanced Access Service
  • Fill the scheduled rota with the necessary staff required for each EA site
  • Liaise with Agencies & pool staff to fill all vacant sessions.
  • Confirm all shifts with the relevant booked staff ahead of their session.
  • Maintain correct data across different platforms. Rota and sessions should be synchronised on Lantum, Emis and Teamnet.
  • Create corresponding sessions on Emis once Clinical Staff are confirmed.
  • Update shifts accordingly on Lantum for pool staff.
  • Check clinics on a daily basis to see if patients are booked and sessions filled
  • Liaise with service managers for up-to-date information
  • Allocate tasks to Site Administrators to fill vacant sessions.
  • Act as a central point of contact for external trouble shooting/crisis management, including out of hours service sites
  • Collate data reports for services as required by management and commissioners
  • Complete protocols, templates for computer input on EMIS
  • Implement mandatory and personal development training for staff
  • Monitor staff sickness in accordance with the sickness policy, carry out 1:1 return to work interviews, and take appropriate action (with the support of PCNs HR team) when trigger points are breached.
  • Responsible for the agenda, minute taking and circulation of non-clinical meetings for reception
  • Review and approve invoices from Lantum and suppliers
  • Audit HUB usage and respond to queries
  • Participate in recall of patients
  • Ordering, updating and keeping stock levels
  • To ensure rapid response to incoming telephone calls and ensure appropriate action is taken and messages are recorded and take immediate corrective action when needed.
  • Use appointments analysis software to compile monthly activity including DNAs
  • Learn and use medical terminology
  • Ensure appropriate posters and leaflets are displayed
  • Conduct and assist with clinical and non-clinical audits
  • Assist in reception duties when required
  • Ensure all equipment is serviced and maintained regularly in line with procedures
  • Implement and monitor all Health & Safety requirements, e.g., infection control
  • To undertake work to support CQC compliance in regard facilities, documentation and the service e.g., SOP, Business Continuity Plan, Reporting.

To be considered for this exciting role you must have:

  • Reception or customer care experience is essential
  • Experience using: EMIS, Accurx, DART, ERS
  • Ability to lead and manage a team
  • The person must be an excellent communicator both spoken and written
  • Must have PC skills will be able to use basic Word, Excel and e-mail
  • Must be able to work within processes/procedures
  • Should be personable, polite and patient
  • Needs to maintain confidentiality and data security Needs to apply common sense when dealing with situations which do not fit the norm
  • Must be adaptable and comfortable dealing with changing priorities
  • Must be flexible to work different shifts as required by business needs Must be a team player
Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Ensure job-holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management.
  • Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business
  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business
  • Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial/corrective action where needed
  • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
  • Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
  • Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
  • Routine management of own team/team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
  • Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

  • Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
  • Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
  • Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

  • Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
  • Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

  • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services

The post-holder will:

  • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
  • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
  • Participate in audit where appropriate

EQUAL ACT 2010

PCNs will not tolerate discrimination relating to race, gender, social class, age, religion, sexual orientation, appearance, disability or medical condition

CONFIDENTIALITY

Your attention is drawn to the confidential nature of information collected within the National Health Service. The unauthorised use or disclosure of patient or other personal information is regarded as gross misconduct and will be subject to the PCNs Disciplinary Procedure and could result in a prosecution of an offence or action for civil damages under the Data Protection Act 2018.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This job description will be subject to discussion and review and changes in the job description may be made, by agreement, at any time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Manage and support a EA staff at any one time to ensure quality standards are met at all times
  • Ensure the smooth running of both the Enhanced Access Service
  • Fill the scheduled rota with the necessary staff required for each EA site
  • Liaise with Agencies & pool staff to fill all vacant sessions.
  • Confirm all shifts with the relevant booked staff ahead of their session.
  • Maintain correct data across different platforms. Rota and sessions should be synchronised on Lantum, Emis and Teamnet.
  • Create corresponding sessions on Emis once Clinical Staff are confirmed.
  • Update shifts accordingly on Lantum for pool staff.
  • Check clinics on a daily basis to see if patients are booked and sessions filled
  • Liaise with service managers for up-to-date information
  • Allocate tasks to Site Administrators to fill vacant sessions.
  • Act as a central point of contact for external trouble shooting/crisis management, including out of hours service sites
  • Collate data reports for services as required by management and commissioners
  • Complete protocols, templates for computer input on EMIS
  • Implement mandatory and personal development training for staff
  • Monitor staff sickness in accordance with the sickness policy, carry out 1:1 return to work interviews, and take appropriate action (with the support of PCNs HR team) when trigger points are breached.
  • Responsible for the agenda, minute taking and circulation of non-clinical meetings for reception
  • Review and approve invoices from Lantum and suppliers
  • Audit HUB usage and respond to queries
  • Participate in recall of patients
  • Ordering, updating and keeping stock levels
  • To ensure rapid response to incoming telephone calls and ensure appropriate action is taken and messages are recorded and take immediate corrective action when needed.
  • Use appointments analysis software to compile monthly activity including DNAs
  • Learn and use medical terminology
  • Ensure appropriate posters and leaflets are displayed
  • Conduct and assist with clinical and non-clinical audits
  • Assist in reception duties when required
  • Ensure all equipment is serviced and maintained regularly in line with procedures
  • Implement and monitor all Health & Safety requirements, e.g., infection control
  • To undertake work to support CQC compliance in regard facilities, documentation and the service e.g., SOP, Business Continuity Plan, Reporting.

To be considered for this exciting role you must have:

  • Reception or customer care experience is essential
  • Experience using: EMIS, Accurx, DART, ERS
  • Ability to lead and manage a team
  • The person must be an excellent communicator both spoken and written
  • Must have PC skills will be able to use basic Word, Excel and e-mail
  • Must be able to work within processes/procedures
  • Should be personable, polite and patient
  • Needs to maintain confidentiality and data security Needs to apply common sense when dealing with situations which do not fit the norm
  • Must be adaptable and comfortable dealing with changing priorities
  • Must be flexible to work different shifts as required by business needs Must be a team player
Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Ensure job-holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management.
  • Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business
  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business
  • Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial/corrective action where needed
  • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
  • Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
  • Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
  • Routine management of own team/team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
  • Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

  • Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
  • Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
  • Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

  • Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
  • Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

  • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services

The post-holder will:

  • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
  • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
  • Participate in audit where appropriate

EQUAL ACT 2010

PCNs will not tolerate discrimination relating to race, gender, social class, age, religion, sexual orientation, appearance, disability or medical condition

CONFIDENTIALITY

Your attention is drawn to the confidential nature of information collected within the National Health Service. The unauthorised use or disclosure of patient or other personal information is regarded as gross misconduct and will be subject to the PCNs Disciplinary Procedure and could result in a prosecution of an offence or action for civil damages under the Data Protection Act 2018.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This job description will be subject to discussion and review and changes in the job description may be made, by agreement, at any time.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • At least 3 years experience with proven track record of working in a multidisciplinary team and of taking lead responsibility for areas of work preferably in a health sector.
  • Good knowledge of Emis, Docman
  • Customer focused and experience of leading and managing a small team.
  • Good understanding of how a GP Practice operates.
  • Ability to manage resources and staff effectively to deliver services.
  • Computer literate with the ability to use the full range of Microsoft office packages, including Word, Excel, applications and email.
  • Must be a team player, with an ability to engage positively and with empathy at all levels.
  • Ability to manage people from different background.
  • Proven ability to integrate, build and motivate teams to improve performance.
  • Must be a well-organised, flexible and adaptive to changing service needs and able to prioritise and work autonomously.
  • Good problem solving skills, with the ability to seek and develop solutions including complaints.
  • Ability to think outside traditional ways of working.
  • Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of supervising staff in a Primary Care setting.
  • Working knowledge of clinical system

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good level of education (5 GCSEs or equivalent)
  • or
  • Relevant team management qualification or equivalent experience of working as a team leader.
  • or
  • Evidence of on-going professional development

Desirable

  • Degree

Aptitudes

Essential

  • Good project management skills.
  • Sympathetic approach to patients & staff
  • Excellent organisational & planning skills.
  • Resilience to patient / staff pressure / complaints.
  • Ability to make decisions / use initiative.
  • Ability to work well within EA team, supporting and energising staff.
  • Self-motivated, reliable and dedicated
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and resist pressure with confidence
  • Well organised, excellent time management skills and flexible working attitude
  • Confidence to deal with all levels within the practice.

Desirable

  • Able to provide support and cross cover at all levels
  • Able to develop local networks

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Professional and positive.
  • Leading by example
  • Adhering to PCNs core values

Competency Skills

Essential

  • Leading and managing
  • Communication & interpersonal skills
  • Planning and organising
  • Delegation
  • Team building
  • Development & continual Learning
  • Problem solving
  • Multitasking
  • Setting performance goals
  • Managing workload
  • Teamwork
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • At least 3 years experience with proven track record of working in a multidisciplinary team and of taking lead responsibility for areas of work preferably in a health sector.
  • Good knowledge of Emis, Docman
  • Customer focused and experience of leading and managing a small team.
  • Good understanding of how a GP Practice operates.
  • Ability to manage resources and staff effectively to deliver services.
  • Computer literate with the ability to use the full range of Microsoft office packages, including Word, Excel, applications and email.
  • Must be a team player, with an ability to engage positively and with empathy at all levels.
  • Ability to manage people from different background.
  • Proven ability to integrate, build and motivate teams to improve performance.
  • Must be a well-organised, flexible and adaptive to changing service needs and able to prioritise and work autonomously.
  • Good problem solving skills, with the ability to seek and develop solutions including complaints.
  • Ability to think outside traditional ways of working.
  • Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of supervising staff in a Primary Care setting.
  • Working knowledge of clinical system

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good level of education (5 GCSEs or equivalent)
  • or
  • Relevant team management qualification or equivalent experience of working as a team leader.
  • or
  • Evidence of on-going professional development

Desirable

  • Degree

Aptitudes

Essential

  • Good project management skills.
  • Sympathetic approach to patients & staff
  • Excellent organisational & planning skills.
  • Resilience to patient / staff pressure / complaints.
  • Ability to make decisions / use initiative.
  • Ability to work well within EA team, supporting and energising staff.
  • Self-motivated, reliable and dedicated
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and resist pressure with confidence
  • Well organised, excellent time management skills and flexible working attitude
  • Confidence to deal with all levels within the practice.

Desirable

  • Able to provide support and cross cover at all levels
  • Able to develop local networks

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Professional and positive.
  • Leading by example
  • Adhering to PCNs core values

Competency Skills

Essential

  • Leading and managing
  • Communication & interpersonal skills
  • Planning and organising
  • Delegation
  • Team building
  • Development & continual Learning
  • Problem solving
  • Multitasking
  • Setting performance goals
  • Managing workload
  • Teamwork

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

Sutton Primary Care Networks

Address

Thomas Wall Centre

52 Benhill Avenue

Sutton

Surrey

SM1 4DP


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Sutton Primary Care Networks

Address

Thomas Wall Centre

52 Benhill Avenue

Sutton

Surrey

SM1 4DP


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR & Workforce Development Manager

Godfred Asare

g.asare@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

20 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£30,000 a year depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2700-25-0049

Job locations

Thomas Wall Centre

52 Benhill Avenue

Sutton

Surrey

SM1 4DP


Manor Practice

6 Mollison Square

Wallington

Surrey

SM6 9DW


Robin Hood Lane Health Centre

Robin Hood Lane

Sutton

Surrey

SM1 2RJ


The Wrythe Green Surgery

Wrythe Lane

Carshalton

Surrey

SM5 2RE


The James O'riordan Medical Centre

70 Stonecot Hill

Sutton

Surrey

SM3 9HE


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