SMGPF Ltd.

PCN GP Assistant (GPA)

The closing date is 11 July 2025

Job summary

A new exiting opportunity has arisen within Northenden and Brooklands Primary Care Network (PCN) to recruit a GP Assistant role to assist the GPs and other clinicians in their daily administrative tasks.

This is an interesting new role for someone who is enthusiastic in supporting patients in their health care. This role will help to deliver better outcomes for them by supporting GPs and practices to deliver excellent health care.

Duties will also include some minor clinical tasks. In addition to the Practice level work there will be sessions working in the 3 PCN care homes.

Two homes support people with a learning disability (LD) and the other home supports elderly patients. This support is to achieve better health outcomes and experience of services for the patients and their carers.

We would welcome applications from organised, adaptable and friendly individuals who are keen to help us provide high levels of customer service and health care.

The successful candidate should have a Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining an equivalent level/relevant experience.

Main duties of the job

A GPA will support the GP(s) smooth running of clinics by performing the more routine administration and clinical tasks on behalf of the GP. This in turn will free up the GPs time to focus on the patient within a practice setting, resulting in improved patient flow and experience, and increasing the time efficiency of appointments.

Supporting the 80 approx. patients residing in the care homes within the PCN. This will involve assisting with ward rounds and arranging any necessary follow ups, tests or investigations to achieve better health outcomes and experience of services.

This role is based within GP Practices and care homes. The role is intended to become a part of multidisciplinary teams to further embed a personalised care approach.

About us

Northenden and Brooklands Primary Care Network consists of 5 practices serving almost 30,000 patients.

The job will involve supporting the 5 practices which are:

Brooklands, The Park, Northern Moor, Northenden and Woodlands Medical Practices which are all within a mile 1.5 mile radius of each other.

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,000 to £27,000 a year dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0114-25-6WBN

Job locations

Brooklands Medical Practice

Altrincham Road

Manchester

M239JH

The Park Medical Centre

434 Altrincham Road

Manchester

M239AB

Northern Moor Medical Practice

216 Wythenshawe Road

Manchester

M230PH

9 Maple Road

Manchester

M239RL

Mancunian Community Health Nhs Trust

489 Palatine Road

Manchester

M224DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties to include :

Care home work :

Will work with GPs and practice staff to organise weekly care home rounds.

This will include information gathering , proactive reviews , taking clinical observations , completing referrals and checking re resident appointments to help complete care planning.

Liaise with the care homes on a regular basis and liaise with GP practices if required.

Support the GPs to carry out new resident and proactive reviews.

Help deal with the daily queries received from the care homes, seeing the queries through to completion and linking in with the relevant clinicians to enable this completion.

Signpost practice team members, service users and carers to relevant services.

Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to patients, carers, GPs, Nurses, other practice staff and other healthcare professionals.

Develop excellent working relationships with all care home staff, GP staff, wider service networks including the voluntary sector, adult social care, hospitals, community pharmacists and other members of the MDT.

Providing a point of contact for both staff and patients in coordinating care and will help to deal with incoming queries.

Support patients to access personalised care and support plans, in line with best practice.

Ensure regular and consistent communication with care homes regarding patient progress and any complications, including supporting the coordination of ward rounds.

Practice work:

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

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

Preparing patients prior to going in to see the GP, taking a brief history and basic readings in readiness for the GP appointment.

Dipping urine, taking blood pressure, ECGs & phlebotomy.

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 GPA Competency Framework 2.

Explaining treatment procedures to patients.

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on-call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultation(s).