Job summary
Location: Marfleet Group Practice, Clifton House Medical Centre, The Avenues Medical Centre and Campus Health Centre
Acclaim Primary Care Network (PCN) is a GP led organisation established in 2023. It has four member practices, listed above, with a combined list size in excess of 38,000 patients. The PCN provide enhanced services to patients across all four GP Practices, for example, weekly Care Home ward rounds, same day access clinics and Home Visits for acutely ill patients.
Please note we do not hold a Sponsorship Licence.
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Interview Date: Thursday 8th January 2026.
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Main duties of the job
We are looking for a proactive, self-motivated person to help progress and build on this relatively new role, as a GP Assistant. With your knowledge, skills and experience, its your chance to make your mark in primary care locally. You would support the PCN with the facilitation of clinical, holistic, and proactive care for our patients, whilst also undertaking admin tasks to support the GPs and other members of the primary healthcare team. The preferred candidate will understand working in primary care, with previous experience of working in a healthcare setting and strong administrative skills. Experience in the use of SystmOne would be an advantage.
On a day-to-day basis, you will work collaboratively with colleagues across the PCN, supporting the Care Home Team and the Practice teams to deliver high quality healthcare. You will promote health and wellbeing to all patients; support in providing care for individuals with dementia, learning disabilities and long-term conditions, signposting, where appropriate, to relevant wider service across the locality. More specifically your duties will include, Phlebotomy, taking past medical history, observations (BP), ECGs, Learning Disability reviews, prediabetic reviews, and work as part of the team delivering vaccinations. Your duties will complement and support the workforce across the PCN. A full drivers licence and access to your own car are essential.
About us
Staff working for Acclaim PCN are expected to work aross the four member Practices and also across the nine care homes we are aligned to, to deliver the contractual Enhanced Health in Care Homes, you will also be expected to visit patients in their own homes at times.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
On a day-to-day basis, you will work collaboratively with
colleagues across the PCN, supporting the Care Home Team and the Practice teams
to deliver high quality healthcare. You
will promote health and wellbeing to all patients; support in providing care
for individuals with dementia, learning disabilities and long-term conditions,
signposting, where appropriate, to relevant wider service across the
locality. More specifically your duties
will include, Phlebotomy, taking past medical history, observations (BP), ECGs,
Learning Disability reviews, pre-diabetic reviews, and work as part of the team
delivering vaccinations. Your duties
will complement and support the workforce across the PCN.
Core Responsibilities
As part of the role, you will be expected and trained to
help:
Admin work, such as but not limited to the following:
Extracting all information from clinical letters
that need coding
Directly dealing with all routine clinical post
Arranging appointments, referrals and follow up
appointments of patients
Clinical work
General Clinical Duties including but not limited to.
Preparing patients, taking a brief history and
basic readings.
Dipping urine, phlebotomy and taking blood
pressure and ECGs
Carrying out annual reviews, pre-diabetic
reviews
Explaining treatment procedures to patients,
including arranging follow up appointments
Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies, for
example, arranging for on-call doctors to provide advice on the phone, or to
arrange admission, allowing the GP to continue with their consultation(s)
Forming a part of the Care Home team,
undertaking review work ups for the residents of the PCNs aligned Care Homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
On a day-to-day basis, you will work collaboratively with
colleagues across the PCN, supporting the Care Home Team and the Practice teams
to deliver high quality healthcare. You
will promote health and wellbeing to all patients; support in providing care
for individuals with dementia, learning disabilities and long-term conditions,
signposting, where appropriate, to relevant wider service across the
locality. More specifically your duties
will include, Phlebotomy, taking past medical history, observations (BP), ECGs,
Learning Disability reviews, pre-diabetic reviews, and work as part of the team
delivering vaccinations. Your duties
will complement and support the workforce across the PCN.
Core Responsibilities
As part of the role, you will be expected and trained to
help:
Admin work, such as but not limited to the following:
Extracting all information from clinical letters
that need coding
Directly dealing with all routine clinical post
Arranging appointments, referrals and follow up
appointments of patients
Clinical work
General Clinical Duties including but not limited to.
Preparing patients, taking a brief history and
basic readings.
Dipping urine, phlebotomy and taking blood
pressure and ECGs
Carrying out annual reviews, pre-diabetic
reviews
Explaining treatment procedures to patients,
including arranging follow up appointments
Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies, for
example, arranging for on-call doctors to provide advice on the phone, or to
arrange admission, allowing the GP to continue with their consultation(s)
Forming a part of the Care Home team,
undertaking review work ups for the residents of the PCNs aligned Care Homes.
Person Specification
Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- An understanding, acceptance, and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Able to work under pressure and remain calm
- Flexible and adaptable
- Proactivity
Other
Essential
- Flexibility of Working Hours
- Drive and have access to transport to attend visits or sites across the PCN, this may include home visits
- Required to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
Experience
Essential
- Experience within a healthcare setting and/or similar role
- Experience in caring for others
- Strong administrative skills
Desirable
- Experience in GP Practice
- Experience of the use of SystmOne clinical system
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to provide quality patient care
- Excellent IT Skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Good team working skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
Desirable
- Basic phlebotomy.
- Ability to undertake ECGs, BPs, and basic observations.
- Ability to undertake Learning Difficulty annual reviews for patients.
- Ability to carry out pre-diabetic appointments for newly diagnosed patients.
Qualifications
Essential
- 2 GCSE grade A-C English and Maths
- Previous experience of general clinical duties.
Desirable
- GPA skills certificate
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, and willing to work towards Level 3, or equivalent
Person Specification
Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- An understanding, acceptance, and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Able to work under pressure and remain calm
- Flexible and adaptable
- Proactivity
Other
Essential
- Flexibility of Working Hours
- Drive and have access to transport to attend visits or sites across the PCN, this may include home visits
- Required to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
Experience
Essential
- Experience within a healthcare setting and/or similar role
- Experience in caring for others
- Strong administrative skills
Desirable
- Experience in GP Practice
- Experience of the use of SystmOne clinical system
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to provide quality patient care
- Excellent IT Skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Good team working skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
Desirable
- Basic phlebotomy.
- Ability to undertake ECGs, BPs, and basic observations.
- Ability to undertake Learning Difficulty annual reviews for patients.
- Ability to carry out pre-diabetic appointments for newly diagnosed patients.
Qualifications
Essential
- 2 GCSE grade A-C English and Maths
- Previous experience of general clinical duties.
Desirable
- GPA skills certificate
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, and willing to work towards Level 3, or equivalent
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.
