GP Assistant (Clerical)

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join our secretarial department for the role of a GP assistant (clerical). This position will be on a part time basis.

Hours are Monday & Tuesday 9.00am to 5.00pm with an unpaid 30 minute lunch break (15 hours).

Start date will be as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will support the smooth running of clinics by performing the more routine administration tasks on behalf of the GPs, freeing up their time to focus on the patients.

Duties will include;

Reviewing and coding of clinical correspondence and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions required.

Signposting correspondence to other members of the team such as clinical pharmacist etc.

Arranging appointments, referrals, letters, tests and follow up appointments for patients.

Co-ordinating patient related meetings such as MDT, safeguarding, palliative care, ensuring minutes are taken, medical records updated and actions taken.

Completing basic (non-opinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefit agency forms.

Preparing, reviewing and sending subject access requests for medical records.

Explaining treatment procedures to patients.

Organise and book private medical examinations.

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies eg, contacting on-call doctor to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultation.

General office duties including typing, photocopying, filing, processing paperwork.

Post external mail and arrange recorded delivery where necessary.

Any other duty considered relevant to the role.

About us

Stonehill Medical Centre is looking for an individual to join our friendly and innovative team. If you are enthusiastic and a quick learner looking for an exciting challenge, we would love to hear from you.

With our supervision and support, we have developed a fantastic team of 58 staff. We have a strong team ethos and emphasis on wellbeing and, with over 50% of our staff having more than 10 years service, we think this speaks for itself!

Our Practice serves around 14,700 patients, split over 2 sites within close proximity of each other and easily accessible from local motorway and public transport links. We are rated Good in all areas of CQC and we are proud of our team and our achievements.

Our friendly team will welcome and embrace new team members in our well organised and relaxed environment.