Job summary
Modality Partnership Walsall
West One PCN has a 2 year fixed-term vacancy for a GP Assistant. We are a dynamic
Primary Care Network of six passionate General Practices within the West of
Walsall. The postholder will work at Kingfisher Berkley Practice. We have a dedicated, enthusiastic team of health care professional
comprising of different skills, and specialities including Physiotherapists,
Paramedics, a Pharmacist Technician, Social Prescribers and a Health Well-Being
Coach.
The postholder
will be a GP Assistants provide a support role, carrying out administrative
tasks, combined in some areas with basic clinical duties. They help to support
GPs and contribute to the smooth running of appointments, improving patients
experience in the surgery.
This job is
suitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working
in an agile manner, implementing solutions, delivering key organisational
priorities and who are committed to make real changes to the health care
services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care.
As an employee with us you can benefit from
Enrolment
to the NHS pension scheme
Annual
leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
Employee
discounts and benefits scheme
Employee
assistance programme (EAP)
Education
and career pathways
If you are
interested in learning more, please read on.
Main duties of the job
The role is an
all-rounded, hands-on clinical role; the postholder main focus of the role is
on supporting General Practitioners in their day-to-day management of patients,
specifically aimed at reducing the administrative burden, making best use of
consultation time and supporting access to appointments. The postholder will
work in collaboration with the PCN to deliver innovative ways of working to
meet the strategic aims of the PCN.
The role is not
a regular 9am-5pm job and is not a back-office advisory and support role; the
job requires innovation, flexibility and commitment and the postholder will be
required to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks are completed.
This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of clinical skills and
development and operational skills to make sustainable changes within primary
care.
About us
We are one of
the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and
with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique,
we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the
implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the
organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us to
harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and
staff satisfaction. This is a role that
will equip you with a portfolio of clinical skills and development and operational
skills to make sustainable changes within Primary Care.
All employees
are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We
are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways
and who align to our organisational values of CARE.
We are seeking
dedicated postholders to join our team who can display CARE values: Commitment,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love
this job if you have a passion for providing high quality patient care, thinking
outside the box, are innovative and are driven to find and implement solutions
to improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you
will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with
leadership teams to influence service improvement.
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
*ALL APPLICANTS INVITED FOR INTERVIEW WILL NEED TO PROVE
THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
The
Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time
during the advertising period.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love
this job if you have a passion for providing high quality patient care, thinking
outside the box, are innovative and are driven to find and implement solutions
to improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you
will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with
leadership teams to influence service improvement.
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
*ALL APPLICANTS INVITED FOR INTERVIEW WILL NEED TO PROVE
THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
The
Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time
during the advertising period.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Works within General Practice.
- Service level role with patients.
- Working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Using different IT software.
- Basic knowledge of English and Mathematics.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility.
- Enthusiasm.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
Knowledge
Essential
- Infection control principles.
- Health and Safety principles.
- Participation in 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 other who are undertaking similar work.
- Attend all relevant annual updates.
- Inform the lead GP of any concerns regarding GPA role and any professional development needed.
Skills
Essential
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Be familiar in all mediums of communications such as email, tasks, telephone etc.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
- Communicate effectively to outside agencies.
- Communicate clearly with their lead GP.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Be aware of own professional boundaries and what to do when you have reached them.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Works within General Practice.
- Service level role with patients.
- Working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Using different IT software.
- Basic knowledge of English and Mathematics.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility.
- Enthusiasm.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
Knowledge
Essential
- Infection control principles.
- Health and Safety principles.
- Participation in 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 other who are undertaking similar work.
- Attend all relevant annual updates.
- Inform the lead GP of any concerns regarding GPA role and any professional development needed.
Skills
Essential
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Be familiar in all mediums of communications such as email, tasks, telephone etc.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
- Communicate effectively to outside agencies.
- Communicate clearly with their lead GP.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Be aware of own professional boundaries and what to do when you have reached them.
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.
