Pcn Gp Assistant

**Closing Date - 24th April 2023**

**Job summary**

West Wakefield is a PCN with a patient population of circa 68,000 across 5 practices.

Chapelthorpe Medical Centre

Middlestown Medical Centre

Orchard Croft Medical Centre

Ossett Surgery

The Lupset Health Centre

We are a dynamic, forward thinking PCN team who are passionate about developing and delivering excellent quality local services to meet the needs of our patients and reducing health inequalities.

We are looking to expand our team by recruiting a team of GP Assistants to work alongside our practices and PCN staff. Our PCN staff team currently include clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physician associates, social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches, care co-ordinators, nurse associates, occupational therapists, mental health nurses, and paramedics.

**Main duties of the job**

**The Administrative team will be responsible for**:
Summarising medical records

Sorting all clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions / signposting

Coding clinical information from correspondence

Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients

Medication changes from letters

Data quality - improving diagnosis rates and increasing prevalence

Support reception staff, providing cover

There will be opportunities to develop clinical skills and knowledge.

**The Clinical team will be responsible for**:
Preparing patients before seeing the GP, taking a brief history and basic readings

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

Accurately read coding data on SystmOne into the patient record

Dipping urine, taking blood pressure, ECGs & phlebotomy

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. arrange admission

Support with immunisations/wound care

Supporting clinicians for weekly ward rounds in care homes

Completing basic observations and LTC pre-assessments for care home and housebound patients

Personalised Care Plans within the clinical systems with correct coding

Communicate with the patients family/carers on behalf of the GP

Support with the delivery of immunisations

Ultimately these teams may merge.

**About us**

West Wakefield is a Primary Care Network of 5 practices; we are a network of forward-thinking General Practices covering circa 68,000 patients in the West Wakefield area.

Conexus Healthcare Limited is the Confederation for general practice in Wakefield, we have four areas of work.
- 1.Delivery of high-quality public-facing Health and Wellbeing services across the Wakefield District:_We develop, manage and deliver health and care services that support the population of the whole Wakefield district
- 2.Delivery of Training, Development and Consultancy support across the United Kingdom:_We design and deliver a range of training courses, development activity and provide advice and guidance.
- 3.Supporting Our Practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs):_We support general practices and PCNs across the Wakefield district to be more resilient, sustainable and deliver better patient care.
- 4.Providing a voice and influence for General Practice in the Health and Care System:_We provide a forum to develop a unified voice for General Practice and support general practices to cooperate and work collaboratively.

Built within primary care, for primary care, Conexus Healthcare Limited works with local GPs and their practices to champion investment in and deliver effective primary care at scale. By connecting in this way, we are stronger, more resilient and can care effectively for over 370,000 local people together.

**Job description**

**Job responsibilities**

We are looking to recruit a number of people to these roles to create two new teams. The successful applicants will work within the PCN, working closely with Practices alongside existing clinical and administrative teams to deliver excellent patient care. This role provides fantastic opportunities for career development.

You will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of GP Assistant.

You will also have experience of working in health, social care, or other support roles that include direct contact with people, families, and carers. To be eligible for this role you must:

- Have a minimum of GCSE Maths and English at grade 9 to 4 (A to C) or Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English
- Have experience working as a team
- Have experience in Primary Care (preferably)

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- **Main Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Deliver high quality, compassionate care under the direction of a GP / Practice Manager / PCN Business Manager
- Deliver high quality, compassionate care under the direction of a GP / Practice Manager / PCN Business Manager
- Work as part of a designated administrative / clinical team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the patient/service user
- Carry