GP Assistant (GPA) in Rochdale inRochdale PUBLISHED WED 13 NOV 2024 Jump to job information section

The Kingsway Practice and Kirkholt Medical Practice, both based in Rochdale are looking to hire an experienced GP Assistant with good communication and organisational skills who can prioritise tasks, free up GPs time and contribute to the smooth running of appointments, improving patient experience at the practice.

A GP Assistant will support the GP(s) smooth running of clinics by performing the more routine administration and clinical tasks on behalf of the GP, freeing up their time to focus on the patients.

We can facilitate a job share or 2 part time roles.

• Extracting information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes
• Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients
• Taking blood pressure, phlebotomy and giving basic vaccinations
• Completing basic forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign such as, insurance forms, benefit agencies etc.
• Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g., contacting on call doctors for advice or arrange admission

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Please review attached job description for further detail.

GP Assistants will be expected to:

• Follow the company confidentiality procedure
• Support GPs with contacting external agencies such as; on-call doctors, safeguarding teams etc.
• Understanding medical terminology and using this knowledge when filing clinical letters and extracting information
• Arranging appropriate appointments and supporting the reception / admin team in signposting patients
• Taking blood pressures, phlebotomy and basic vaccinations