Gp Assistant

**About the Role**:

- The Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery, located within Halstead (on behalf of Colne Valley PCN) has a fantastic opportunity for a GP assistant (GPA) to join our team on a full-time basis 37.5 hours per week. 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. The main duties of this role will include:

- Sorting all clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Signposting some post to others, such as clinical pharmacists etc.
- Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes
- Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow-up appointments for patients
- Preparing patients before seeing the GP, taking a brief history and basic readings in readiness for the GP appointment.
- Dipping urine, taking blood pressure, ECGs & phlebotomy
- Completing basic (non-opinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign, such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefits agency forms etc
- Explaining treatment procedures to patients
- Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies, e.g. getting an on-call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultation(s)
- Supporting the GP with immunisations/wound care

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.
- Administrative experience
- strong organisational skills
- IT skills, including experience of working with a clinical system
- Excellent communication skills and a friendly manner
- Ability to understand the need to maintain confidentiality and data security, at all times
- Ability to multi-task and to work accurately under pressure
- Ability to work in a team as well as being comfortable working independently

**About Us**:
The Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery is part of the Colne Valley PCN which is a collaboration of 6 GP practices serving approximately 54,000 patients, from the Kelvedon, Finchingfield, Halstead, Earls Colne, Coggeshall and Hedingham areas.

We offer the NHS Pension Scheme and 6.6 weeks annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays).

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