Gp Assistant

2 weeks ago

Basildon, United Kingdom Primary Care Careers Full time

**About the Role**:
East Basildon PCN, located in Pitsea, Basildon, has a great opportunity for a GP assistant (GPA) to join our team on a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours per week. The post-holder will work across the 4 practices within our PCN: Dr Simms & Partners, Matching Green Surgery, Aryan Medical Centre and Felmores Medical Centre.

The role will involve working as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team to provide planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, teamwork, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience and initiative are paramount.

**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 pharmacist, etc.
- Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes.
- Arranging appointments, referrals, test and follow up appointments of patients.
- Preparing patients prior to going in to see 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.
- Explaining treatment procedures to patients.
- Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies. For example, getting an on-call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultation(s).
- Support the GP with immunisations/wound care.

For further information about this role, please see the attached job description.
- 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**:
East Basildon PCN is a network made up of 4 surgeries who have 27,000 registered patients. Our vision is to work in partnership with our colleagues and patients to provide the best primary care services in the community. We use SystmOne clinical system across our PCN practices.

Our team includes a variety of different professionals who can offer peer support and shared learning, including: advanced nurse/clinical practitioners, paramedics, social prescribers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurse practitioners and healthcare assistants. We encourage our team members to share ideas offering suggestions for how our services can be delivered in order to improve our patient care across our local population.

Our PCN values its staff and can offer:

- NEST pension;
- A supportive and friendly working environment;
- Flexible working hours;
- 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing based on length of service with the company;
- Peer support;
- Support with training and development.

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