SSP Health

GP Assistant

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Job summary

General Practice Assistants (GPAs) form part of a multi-disciplinary team within primary care and support the clinicians in the smooth running of the surgery by handling routine administration and some basic clinical duties enabling the clinician to focus on the patient. Ultimately the aim is to improve the patients access/experience in practice.

We are recruiting a number of new GP Assistants (GPA) so if you are looking for a new challenge with the opportunity to apply your existing knowledge and skills whilst also developing a new skillset, in a brand new role making a difference to patients then this could just the opportunity for you! Full training will be provided.

Our GPAs will provide administrative and clinical support to our GPs and ANPs, enabling them to make the best use of consultation time, as part of a multi-disciplinary, primary-care team, contributing to the smooth running of our GP Practices.General Practice assistants will operate under the supervision of GPs and at times other appropriately qualified clinicians. The assistant will undertake a training programme, if not already accredited

Main duties of the job

  • Supporting with both the review & the recall system for Long Term Condition reviews
  • Supporting clinicians with undertaking basic clinical activity prior to planned clinics such as history taking, conducting urinalysis, performing phlebotomy, taking blood pressure readings, checking a pulse & possibly doing ECGs. (Training will be provided for any clinical activity that is required)
  • Creating & maintaining personalised & patient centred care plans
  • Tackling Health inequalities, promoting patient engagement & health promotion
  • Sorting, prioritising & signposting incoming clinical correspondence, extracting required information & applying medical codes to patient records
  • Summarising patient records, extracting required information & applying medical codes to digitised notes
  • Arranging appropriate referrals both internally or externally, signposting patients, arranging tests & follow up appointments
  • Supporting clinicians with administrative tasks, input to the clinical computer system & assisting the clinician in a variety of clinics not limited to but inc: immunisation & vaccination, smear, wound, coils & implants, minor surgery, joint injections.
  • Stocking of clinical rooms
  • Complete basic (non-opinion) forms & core elements of some forms for the GP to approve & sign (such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefits agency forms etc.)
  • Help the GP liaise with external agencies (such as arranging admissions so the GP can continue with their consultations)

About us

As the biggest provider of GP services in the North West, we are proud to have 42+ surgeries all rated by the CQC as either Outstanding or Good.

SSP Health cares for over 155,000 patients. We pioneered federated practice almost 20 years ago, allowing us to innovate to both improve patient care and enhance the wellbeing of our GPs.

But it is not just us saying this, we have won many awards over the years, and recently won Clinical Improvement for Chronic Conditions GP Practice Award and were finalists at the HSJ Awards.

Details

Date posted

24 May 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,500 to £25,500 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5035-23-0001

Job locations

120 Wigan Road

Ashton in Makerfield

Wigan

WN4 9SU


The Surgery

36 Braithwaite Road

Lowton

Warrington

WA3 2HY


Bryn Street Surgery

Council Avenue

Ashton in Makerfield

Wigan

WN4 9AY


Golborne Health Centre

Kid Glove Road

Golborne

Warrington

WA3 3GS


Lowton Surgery

208C Newton Road

Warrington

WA3 2AQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the GPA. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels. You will work within your capabilities and:

Supporting with both the review and the recall system for Long Term Condition reviews

  • Supporting clinicians with undertaking basic clinical activity prior to planned clinics such as history taking, conducting urinalysis, performing phlebotomy, taking blood pressure readings, checking a pulse and possibly doing ECGs. (Training will be provided for any clinical activity that is required)
  • Creating and maintaining personalised and patient centred care plans
  • Tackling Health inequalities, promoting patient engagement and health promotion
  • Sorting, prioritising and signposting incoming clinical correspondence, extracting required information and applying medical codes to patient records
  • Summarising patient records, extracting required information and applying medical codes to digitised notes

Arranging appropriate referrals both internally (to other clinicians or care coordinators/social prescribers/health and wellbeing coaches) or externally (to the hospital or community clinics), signposting patients, arranging tests and follow up appointments

  • Quality improvement auditing and reporting

Supporting clinicians with administrative tasks, input to the clinical computer system and assisting the clinician in a variety of clinics not limited to but including: immunisation and vaccination, smear, wound, coils and implants, minor surgery, joint injections.

Stocking of clinical rooms

Integral role in the infection control activity of the practice

Vaccines, injectables, drug stock management

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

Help the GP liaise with external agencies (such as arranging admissions so the GP can continue with their consultations)

In addition to the primary responsibilities above, the GP assistant may be requested to:

  • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
  • Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
  • Attend and participate in meetings

Any other admin related work as provided by the Practice Managers

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the GPA. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels. You will work within your capabilities and:

Supporting with both the review and the recall system for Long Term Condition reviews

  • Supporting clinicians with undertaking basic clinical activity prior to planned clinics such as history taking, conducting urinalysis, performing phlebotomy, taking blood pressure readings, checking a pulse and possibly doing ECGs. (Training will be provided for any clinical activity that is required)
  • Creating and maintaining personalised and patient centred care plans
  • Tackling Health inequalities, promoting patient engagement and health promotion
  • Sorting, prioritising and signposting incoming clinical correspondence, extracting required information and applying medical codes to patient records
  • Summarising patient records, extracting required information and applying medical codes to digitised notes

Arranging appropriate referrals both internally (to other clinicians or care coordinators/social prescribers/health and wellbeing coaches) or externally (to the hospital or community clinics), signposting patients, arranging tests and follow up appointments

  • Quality improvement auditing and reporting

Supporting clinicians with administrative tasks, input to the clinical computer system and assisting the clinician in a variety of clinics not limited to but including: immunisation and vaccination, smear, wound, coils and implants, minor surgery, joint injections.

Stocking of clinical rooms

Integral role in the infection control activity of the practice

Vaccines, injectables, drug stock management

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

Help the GP liaise with external agencies (such as arranging admissions so the GP can continue with their consultations)

In addition to the primary responsibilities above, the GP assistant may be requested to:

  • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
  • Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
  • Attend and participate in meetings

Any other admin related work as provided by the Practice Managers

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a healthcare environment
  • Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

  • GP Assistant Certificate qualification/willingness to undertake a GPA training course
  • Experience using EMISWeb
  • Experience with General Practice
  • Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a healthcare environment
  • Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

  • GP Assistant Certificate qualification/willingness to undertake a GPA training course
  • Experience using EMISWeb
  • Experience with General Practice
  • Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions

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

SSP Health

Address

120 Wigan Road

Ashton in Makerfield

Wigan

WN4 9SU


Employer's website

https://www.ssphealth.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

SSP Health

Address

120 Wigan Road

Ashton in Makerfield

Wigan

WN4 9SU


Employer's website

https://www.ssphealth.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of HR, Education & Training

Julie Cheetham

julie.cheetham@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

24 May 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,500 to £25,500 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5035-23-0001

Job locations

120 Wigan Road

Ashton in Makerfield

Wigan

WN4 9SU


The Surgery

36 Braithwaite Road

Lowton

Warrington

WA3 2HY


Bryn Street Surgery

Council Avenue

Ashton in Makerfield

Wigan

WN4 9AY


Golborne Health Centre

Kid Glove Road

Golborne

Warrington

WA3 3GS


Lowton Surgery

208C Newton Road

Warrington

WA3 2AQ


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