About this role
Job summary
South Rural Primary Care Network is seeking a permanent GP assistant to be based at Bildeston Health Centre. The post is offered on a part-time basis, for up to 23 hours a week, ideally to include Mondays and Wednesdays. The successful applicant will play a key role in supporting our GP's with a mix of administrative and clinical tasks in the community and practice.
Main duties of the job
Managing incoming and outgoing clinical correspondence Extracting information from clinical documents that require coding Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow-up appointments Completing basic (non-opinion) forms, and core elements of some forms, for the GP to approve and sign Improving patient flow Supporting patient experience by reiterating information from the GP Assisting with practice tasks Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. arranging admission
About us
South Rural PCN provides services to 56,000 patients across rural Suffolk and is headed by 2 proactive, supportive and committed Clinical Directors. Our PCN includes the following practices: Bildeston Health Centre, Constable Country Medical Practice (East Bergholt and Capel St Mary), Hadleigh Health Centre, The Holbrook and Shotley Surgeries and Needham Market Country Practice.
Bildeston Health Centre is a friendly, medium sized, rural dispensing practice. We are CQC rated GOOD and score very highly on the Patient Experience survey. We have a growing list size of 7100+ patients with three GP partners. We currently have 2 Practices Nurse and 2 HCAs and a very supportive care navigation and admin team.
We are active members of the South Rural PCN who provide us with a practice paramedic and clinical pharmacist.
Job description Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
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
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 Primary Care Careers
Address The Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP92QS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)