About this role
Job summary
he role of the General Practice Assistant (GPA) is to support the GP Surgery with routine administration tasks working as a personal assistant to the GPs and basic healthcare assistant clinical duties. The GPA will be required to complete a six-to-nine-month practice course, delivered in practice by a named GP mentor. We would like some already finished this course.
The framework covers five domains (two clinical and three non-clinical).
Care Certificate (clinical)
Clinical (clinical)
Communications (non-clinical)
Administration (non-clinical)
Managing Health Records (non-clinical)
Main duties of the job
Sorting all clinical post and prioritising it
Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding
Dealing with all routine clinical post directly e.g. did not attend (DNA) letters, two week wait referrals (2WW) etc.
Arranging appointments, referrals 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 and phlebotomy
Completing basic (non-opinion) forms for the GP to approve and sign including, but not limited to, insurance, mortgage and Department for Work and Pensions forms (IB113, HAAS etc)
Explaining treatment procedures to patients including arranging follow up appointments
Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies i.e. 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 and wound care
Sterilising equipment
Restocking consulting rooms
Take blood samples
Lead on health promotion and education work
About us
Crompton Medical Centre is single handed surgery located in Edgware road and little vience/Maida Vale caring 3588 patients.
The surgery is a focal point for the local community and was rated as good in out recent CQC inspection.
Job description Job responsibilities
Sorting all clinical post and prioritising it
Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding
Dealing with all routine clinical post directly e.g. did not attend (DNA) letters, two week wait referrals (2WW) etc.
Arranging appointments, referrals 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 and phlebotomy
Completing basic (non-opinion) forms for the GP to approve and sign including, but not limited to, insurance, mortgage and Department for Work and Pensions forms (IB113, HAAS etc)
Explaining treatment procedures to patients including arranging follow up appointments
Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies i.e. 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 and wound care
Urine dipstick
Restocking consulting rooms
Take blood samples
Take bp and bmi check
ECG
Lead on health promotion and education work etc
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
GPA course
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 Crompton Medical Centre
Address Ground Floor
1 Crompton Street
London
W2 1ND
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://cromptonmedicalcentre.com/ (Opens in a new tab)