GP Assistant

Job summary

South Rural Primary Care Network are seeking a motivated GP assistant to join the team at their Bildeston Health Centre. This position is offered on a part-time basis for 30 hours per week. Reporting to the practice manager and the GPs, this role will ensure the efficient provision of medical services and clinics by performing several more routine administrative and clinical duties. This will allow the GPs to utilise their own time more effectively towards greater patient focused activities.

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

• Manage the surgery waiting lists and ensure patients are dealt with in a timely manner
• Allocate unassigned pathology and manage in GPs absence
• Support practice patients by arranging appointments, onward referrals, clinical tests and follow up appointments
• Prepare patients, prior to seeing the GP(s), by taking a brief history and basic observations.
• Conduct urinalysis, taking blood pressure
• Perform ECGs andphlebotomy
• Explain treatment procedures to patients
• Manage the patient equipment loan process

About us

South Rural PCN provides services to 56,000 patients across rural Suffolk and is headed by 2 proactive, supportive and committed Clinical Directors. Our PCN includes the following practices: Bildeston Health Centre, Constable Country Medical Practice (East Bergholt and Capel St Mary), Hadleigh Health Centre, The Holbrook and Shotley Surgeries and Needham Market Country Practice.

Supporting your work life balance and professional development is important to us, so we will be happy to discuss any requirements for flexible working and offer the following benefits:

• Supportive and friendly environment
• Flexible working hours 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Peer support CPD Support with training and development
• NHS Pension
• Study leave
• Free on-site parking
• Childcare vouchers