General Practice Assistant

General Practice Assistants (GPAs) form part of a multi-disciplinary team within primary care and support the clinicians in the smooth running of the surgery by handling routine administration and some basic clinical duties enabling the clinician to focus on the patient. Ultimately the aim is to improve the patients access/experience in practice.

General Practice assistants will operate under the supervision of GPs and at times other appropriately qualified clinicians.

We are looking for a GP Assistant to work at our Chapelfield surgery, S73 0AJ
. The role is a permanent contract for 37.5 hours per week over 5 days.

If you have any specific needs within the application or interview as a result of a disability, please don't hesitate toget in touch.

If we get a high number of applicants this advert could be closed earlier for interviews.

Preparingpatients prior to going in to see the GP, taking a brief history and basicreadings in readiness for the GP appointment.

Arrangingappointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients.

Extractingall information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes.

Sortingall clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Signpostingsome post to others such as clinical pharmacist etc.

Completingbasic (non-opinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approveand sign such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefits agency forms etc.

Support the GP with immunisations/wound care.

Explainingtreatment procedures to patients.

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on call doctor on the phone to ask advice orarrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultations.

Barnsley Primary Care Network:

Barnsley has established one super Primary Care Network (PCN) of over 250,000 patients which includes all of GP practices across Barnsley. This is supported by six Neighbourhood Networks building on our successful and existing model of neighbourhood working; this enables us to maintain and focus on the specific needs of each local area whilst allowing integration at a borough wide level.

Preparingpatients prior to going in to see the GP, taking a brief history and basicreadings in readiness for the GP appointment.

Arrangingappointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients.

Extractingall information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes.

Sortingall clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Signpostingsome post to others such as clinical pharmacist etc.

Completingbasic (non-opinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approveand sign such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefits agency forms etc.

Support the GP with immunisations/wound care.

Explainingtreatment procedures to patients.

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on call doctor on the phoneto ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with theirconsultations.

• Experience of working in a healthcare environment
• Experience of working with the general public
• Chaperone procedure
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to seek support
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Experience using EMIS Web
• Experience using Systm One
• Experience with General Practice
• Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
• Knowledge and Skills
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Diabetes
• Asthma
• CHD
• Immunisations
• Ability to effectively support with basic wound care
• ECGs

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.