A new exciting opportunity has arisen within Northenden and Brooklands Primary Care Network (PCN) to recruit a GP Assistant role to assist the GPs and other clinicians in their daily administrative tasks.
This is an interesting new role for someone who is enthusiastic in supporting patients in their health care. This role will help to deliver better outcomes for them by supporting GPs within appointments and with necessary paperwork.
Duties will also include some minor clinical tasks. In addition to the Practice level work, there will be sessions working on PCN projects in areas such as health promotion across 5 practices.
It will also include supporting people with a learning disability (LD) in care homes to achieve better health outcomes and experience of services for the patients and their carers.
We would welcome applications from organised, adaptable, and friendly individuals who are keen to help us provide high levels of customer service and health care.
The successful candidate should have a Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or be working towards gaining an equivalent level.
Main duties of the job
A GPA will support the GP(s) in the smooth running of clinics by performing routine administration and clinical tasks on behalf of the GP. This will free up the GP's time to focus on the patient within a practice setting, resulting in improved patient flow and experience, and increasing the time efficiency of appointments.
Supporting people with a learning disability (LD) in care homes to achieve better health outcomes and experience of services.
This role is based within GP Practices and is intended to become a part of multidisciplinary teams to further embed a personalised care approach.
About us
Northenden and Brooklands Primary Care Network consists of 5 practices serving almost 30,000 patients.
The job will involve supporting the 5 practices which are Brooklands, The Park, Northern Moor, Northenden, and Woodlands Medical Practices, all within a 1.5 mile radius of each other.
Job responsibilities
Main duties to include:
1. Sorting clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Signposting to relevant members of the practice team.
2. Extracting information from clinical letters that need coding and adding to patient records.
3. Arranging appointments, referrals, tests, and follow-up appointments for patients.
4. Preparing patients prior to going in to see the GP, taking a brief history and basic readings in readiness for the GP appointment.
5. Supporting learning disability (LD) patients and their carers in care homes to organise and prepare for their Annual Health Checks, enabling them to be actively involved in managing their care.
6. Completing basic forms for the GP to approve and sign such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefits agency forms.
7. Explaining treatment procedures to patients.
8. Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on-call doctor on the phone to ask for advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultations.
9. Supporting the GP with immunisations/wound care.
10. Restocking clinical rooms.
11. Promotion of health programmes.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of administration in a health care setting.
* Experience of working as a health care support worker.
* Experience of multi-disciplinary team working in a related field.
Skills
* Self-motivation and an ability to use initiative.
* Flexibility and the ability to work across all levels and meet changing requirements.
* Highly organised.
* Commitment to delivering high quality patient-focused care.
Qualifications
* Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining an equivalent level.
* GCSE English & Maths (Grade C or above) or equivalent.
* Computer literate with the ability to use Microsoft Office Programs such as Word and Excel or equivalent experience.
* Qualified in Phlebotomy.
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.
£24,000 to £27,000 a year dependent on experience.
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