General Practitioner Assistant

NHS; South Shields; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS is seeking a General Practitioner Assistant for a part-time role across two GP sites in South Shields & Jarrow. The position blends high-end administrative tasks with basic clinical skills, offering training for GPA certification and contributing to patient care. This role is ideal for those looking to start a rewarding career in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Must have basic clinical skills with certification opportunities.
• Strong administrative skills required to support the management team.

Responsibilities

• Support patient pathways and manage administrative work.
• Engage in training for GPA certification.

Skills

Basic clinical skills

High-end administrative skills

Job description

NHS South Shields, England, United Kingdom

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Job Summary

Opportunity to join a small, loyal team working across two GP sites in the lovely towns of South Shields & Jarrow.

Job Summary

Opportunity to join a small, loyal team working across two GP sites in the lovely towns of South Shields & Jarrow.

This new role combines high end administrative duties in conjunction with basic clinical skills and prospective certified learning as a GPA.

We are looking to fill a part time position.

Main duties of the job

This is a fairly new role to primary care with the aim of utilising a number of high end skills and experience to further aid the patient path through our service and support the management team in the volume of behind scenes administrative and auditing work.

There is a requirement for some basic clinical skills to meet the wider remit of this role, along with set training and assessment process in recognised GPA training certification.

Please see attached job spec

About Us

3 x Partners, 2 long-term locum GP's, ACP, NP, HCA, GPA, Practice Manager, APM, Administrator and 6 non-clinical. We have just shy of 6000 patients. We aim to give the best care and service possible to our patients. Staff opinion and suggestions are part of our regular interactions and meetings and we take on board work/life balance to make everyone's working day as pleasant as able.

We are a training practice, currently giving educational encouragement to an ST1, as well as involvement with student placements in medicine and pharmaceutical.

We are also recruiting for a Practice Nurse, to further compliment and extend our team, whilst 2 x locum nurses support us in the interim.

Details

Date posted

28 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Start at £12.50ph, rise to £13ph on comp satis prob 6m period.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1800-25-0003

Job locations

Horsley Hill Road

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 3ET

The Medical Centre

Wear Street

Jarrow

Tyne And Wear

NE32 3JN

Job Description

Job responsibilities

As previous submission this is a new role and of a mixed skill set including the opportunity to gain an educational certificate in GPA work, please see the attached job spec. Please note that interviews will be undertaken by 2 partners, salaried GP and PM, in person, at Ravensworth Surgery and will incorporate pre-set scenario questions.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

As previous submission this is a new role and of a mixed skill set including the opportunity to gain an educational certificate in GPA work, please see the attached job spec. Please note that interviews will be undertaken by 2 partners, salaried GP and PM, in person, at Ravensworth Surgery and will incorporate pre-set scenario questions.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Please see the person spec at bottom of job spec attached
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Please see the person spec at bottom of job spec attached
  
  

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Ravensworth Surgery

Address

Horsley Hill Road

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 3ET

Employer's website

https://www.ravensworthsurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ravensworth Surgery

Address

Horsley Hill Road

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 3ET

Employer's website

https://www.ravensworthsurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals

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