Job summary St Marys Surgery has a new and exciting opportunity for a GP Assistant (30 hours) to join our busy and friendly Surgery working with our administrative and healthcare teams to meet the needs of our patients. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with strong IT skills; be forward thinking and have a can-do attitude. An experienced administrator or someone already working in healthcare or an acute NHS role would be desirable but not essential as full training will be given, however have a willingness to learn and develop. Main duties of the job The GP Assistant will assist the practice in the service and delivery of patient care by performing administrative and some clinical tasks on behalf of the GP to enable them to make the best use of their consultation time. About us St Marys Surgery is based in Windermere and Staveley in the Lake District National Park. We are a training practice with 7 dedicated GPs supported by a team of highly professional clinical and non-clinical staff to provide high quality care to our 6700 patients. We offer a competitive salary, 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays, NHS Pension and uniform. All posts are subject to a DBS check. Date posted 13 January 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary Depending on experience Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number A3766-25-0000 Job locations Ambleside Road Windermere Cumbria LA23 1BA Job description Job responsibilities Administration Processing documents (paper & electronic) Extracting relevant information from letters which require coding Ensuring patients are signposted to other organisations if appropriate Actioning patient correspondence received via email, Accurx and website Ensuring new patient registrations are dealt with in a timely manner according to practice guidelines Dealing with administrative tasks daily Processing referrals via the Electronic Referral System (ERS) and the Standard Outbound System Transcribing referral and transcribing information Summarising of new patient records in line with practice guidelines Undertake project work within the team To be responsible for audit work within the medicine management system Clinical Assessing home blood pressure readings Ensuring urines are dipped and recorded daily To undertaken the Long-Term Condition recall To liaise with outside agencies Support our immunisation programme To learn to take blood pressures and holding small BP clinics To perform an ECG to assist the GP To become a chaperone to assist clinicians in surgery To undertake phlebotomy in due course Job description Job responsibilities Administration Processing documents (paper & electronic) Extracting relevant information from letters which require coding Ensuring patients are signposted to other organisations if appropriate Actioning patient correspondence received via email, Accurx and website Ensuring new patient registrations are dealt with in a timely manner according to practice guidelines Dealing with administrative tasks daily Processing referrals via the Electronic Referral System (ERS) and the Standard Outbound System Transcribing referral and transcribing information Summarising of new patient records in line with practice guidelines Undertake project work within the team To be responsible for audit work within the medicine management system Clinical Assessing home blood pressure readings Ensuring urines are dipped and recorded daily To undertaken the Long-Term Condition recall To liaise with outside agencies Support our immunisation programme To learn to take blood pressures and holding small BP clinics To perform an ECG to assist the GP To become a chaperone to assist clinicians in surgery To undertake phlebotomy in due course Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, especially in Maths and English Desirable EMIS User skills Experience working at a high level of administration Experience Essential Experience working with the general public Experience of administrative/reception duties Desirable Experience working within an acute or other health care setting Experience working within General Practice Skills and Personal Qualities Essential Excellent communication skills (written and oral) Strong IT skills including the use of Office and Teams Effective time management (planning and organising) Good interpersonal skills Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously Problem solving and analytical skills Ability to follow policy and procedures Polite and confident Flexible and reliable Motivated High levels of integrity and loyalty Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations Ability to work under pressure Flexibility to work outside of core hours Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, especially in Maths and English Desirable EMIS User skills Experience working at a high level of administration Experience Essential Experience working with the general public Experience of administrative/reception duties Desirable Experience working within an acute or other health care setting Experience working within General Practice Skills and Personal Qualities Essential Excellent communication skills (written and oral) Strong IT skills including the use of Office and Teams Effective time management (planning and organising) Good interpersonal skills Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously Problem solving and analytical skills Ability to follow policy and procedures Polite and confident Flexible and reliable Motivated High levels of integrity and loyalty Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations Ability to work under pressure Flexibility to work outside of core hours 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. Employer details Employer name St Mary's Surgery Address Ambleside Road Windermere Cumbria LA23 1BA Employer's website https://stmaryssurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)