GP Assistant

Job summary

The Old Harlow Health Centre has a fantastic opportunity for a GP assistant (GPA) to join our team on a full-time basis (part-time would be considered for the right individual). 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. 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.

Main duties of the job

• 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, mortgage and benefits agency forms, for example.
• Improving patient flow.
• Supporting patient experience by reiterating information from the GP.
• Assisting with practice tasks.
• Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. arranging admission.
• Supporting the prescription clerk team.

About us

Old Harlow Health Centre is a growing, family orientated GP training practice with a growing list size of currently around 11,500 patients and our dedicated staff have built an excellent reputation in meeting patients needs. We pride ourselves on delivering professional medical care in a friendly environment while striving to meet all the challenges of modern general practice.

We are members of the local primary care network providing extended services at a hub to the local community. We also work with allied health professionals together with an expanding complement of ARRS staff including; clinical pharmacist, paramedic, social prescriber, first contact physio and general practice assistant who are based at the practice.

Benefits include 6 weeks annual leave inclusive of bank holidays pro rata and the option to join the NHS pension scheme. Please see our website for further information about the practice at www.oldharlowhealth.co.uk.