GP Assistant

Job summary

Colne Valley Primary Care Network Ltd has a fantastic opportunity for a GP assistant (GPA) to join our team on a full-time basis for 37.5 hours per week on 5 days. The GPA position is a support role, covering administrative tasks and, if appropriate, some basic clinical duties, to assist the GPs, enabling them to make the best use of consultation time.

The post-holder will form part of our multi-disciplinary, primary-care team and contribute to the smooth running of the surgery.

Main duties of the job

If you are a well organised person who thrives on a busy working environment, where no two days are the same, then we would love to hear from you. We would welcome applications from people who can demonstrate strong transferable skills.

The main duties of this role will include:

• Managing incoming and outgoing clinical correspondence;
• Extracting information from clinical documents that require coding;
• Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow-up appointments;
• Completing basic (non-opinion) forms, and core elements of some forms, for the GP to approve and sign. These might include insurance, DVLA and benefits agency forms, for example;
• Explaining treatment procedures to patients and providing support for any questions they may have;
• Supporting patient experience by reiterating information from the GP;
• Assisting with practice tasks;
• Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission;
• Completing simple clinical observations/investigations as directed locally, such as dipstick urine, taking blood pressure, ECG, phlebotomy.

Previous applicants need not apply.

About us

The Colne Valley Primary Care Network is a collaboration of six GP practices serving approximately 54,000 patients, from the Kelvedon, Finchingfield, Halstead, Earls Colne, Coggeshall, and Hedingham areas.

We offer a range of benefits including the NHS Pension Scheme, remote working where appropriate and minimum 25 days annual leave, plus bank and public holidays that fall on your working day, FTE.