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Coxhoe Medical Practice

General Practice Assistant (ARRS Role)

The closing date is 30 January 2026

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Job summary

Coxhoe Medical Practice has a fantastic opportunity for a General Practice Assistant (GPA) to join our team, under an ARRS role. The GPA position is a support role, covering clinical duties and administrative tasks to assist the GPs, enabling them to make the best use of consultation time.

The successful candidates will have experience of taking blood within a Primary Care setting. It is important that the post holder is able to remain calm under pressure, is efficient and organised.

The post holder will have SystmOne clinical system experience and knowledge of recording information in the Clinical system.

Main duties of the job

CLINICAL DUTIES

Completing simple clinical observations/investigations such as dipstick urine, taking blood pressure, ECG, phlebotomy

Supporting GP with immunisations/wound care

Preparing patients prior to going to see the GP, taking brief history and basic readings

Explaining treatment procedures to patients

ADMIN DUTIES

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients.

Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes

Completing 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.

Data inputting and data extraction via clinical searches

About us

Our practice based in the village of Coxhoe has approximately 7300 patients. We have our own car park and staff kitchen and common room. We also have a long-established practice based in the small market town of Chester le Street, which which has a growing patient population, currently 12,700.

There are 8 GP partners and several Salaried Doctors and Nurse Practitioners. Our organisation employs around 50 people and our Partner-Practice Manager is Denise Minnis. We look forward to welcoming you to the team!

Details

Date posted

17 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5385-25-0005

Job locations

Coxhoe Medical Practice

1 Lansdowne Road

Coxhoe

Durham

DH6 4DH


Job description

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL DUTIES

Completing simple clinical observations/investigations such as dipstick urine, taking blood pressure, ECG, phlebotomy

Supporting GP with immunisations/wound care

Preparing patients prior to going to see the GP, taking brief history and basic readings

Explaining treatment procedures to patients

ADMIN DUTIES

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients.

Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes

Completing 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.

Data inputting and data extraction via clinical searches

Job description

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL DUTIES

Completing simple clinical observations/investigations such as dipstick urine, taking blood pressure, ECG, phlebotomy

Supporting GP with immunisations/wound care

Preparing patients prior to going to see the GP, taking brief history and basic readings

Explaining treatment procedures to patients

ADMIN DUTIES

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients.

Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes

Completing 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.

Data inputting and data extraction via clinical searches

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE/NVQ level 2 or equivalent; or detailed patient services knowledge
  • Qualified in Phlebotomy

Desirable

  • Qualified to NVQ level 3

Experience

Essential

  • IT confident . Must have customer/patient care skills and have worked in a customer/patient facing environment. Competence in Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel). Ability to compile and analyse statistical information.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with clinical systems i.e. Systm1 would be desirable. Experience working in primary care Experience of working in a public sector/healthcare environment would be extremely advantageous.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE/NVQ level 2 or equivalent; or detailed patient services knowledge
  • Qualified in Phlebotomy

Desirable

  • Qualified to NVQ level 3

Experience

Essential

  • IT confident . Must have customer/patient care skills and have worked in a customer/patient facing environment. Competence in Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel). Ability to compile and analyse statistical information.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with clinical systems i.e. Systm1 would be desirable. Experience working in primary care Experience of working in a public sector/healthcare environment would be extremely advantageous.

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

Coxhoe Medical Practice

Address

Coxhoe Medical Practice

1 Lansdowne Road

Coxhoe

Durham

DH6 4DH


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Coxhoe Medical Practice

Address

Coxhoe Medical Practice

1 Lansdowne Road

Coxhoe

Durham

DH6 4DH


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

PA to Practice Manager

Donna Robson

donna.robson7@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

17 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5385-25-0005

Job locations

Coxhoe Medical Practice

1 Lansdowne Road

Coxhoe

Durham

DH6 4DH


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