GP Assistant

Acclaim NHS PCN; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hull is seeking a proactive GP Assistant to support patient care and perform administrative tasks. The ideal candidate will have experience in healthcare, administrative proficiency, and a basic understanding of phlebotomy. Daily tasks will include conducting patient observations, collaborating with healthcare teams, and ensuring high-quality patient care. A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle are essential for this role.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting and/or similar role.
• Ability to provide quality patient care.
• Good team working skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the PCN with clinical and admin tasks.
• Conduct phlebotomy, observations, and ECGs.
• Collaborate with Care Home Team and Practice teams.

Skills

Self-motivation

Good communication skills

Flexibility

Proactivity

Ability to work under pressure

Education

2 GCSE grade A-C English and Maths

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care

Tools

SystmOne

Basic phlebotomy skills

Job description

Location: Marfleet Group Practice, Clifton House Medical Centre, The Avenues Medical Centre and Campus Health Centre

Acclaim Primary Care Network (PCN) is a GP led organisation established in 2023. It has four member practices, listed above, with a combined list size in excess of 38,000 patients. The PCN provide enhanced services to patients across all four GP Practices, for example, weekly Care Home ward rounds, same day access clinics and Home Visits for acutely ill patients.

Please note we do not hold a Sponsorship Licence.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a proactive, self-motivated person to help progress and build on this relatively new role, as a GP Assistant. With your knowledge, skills and experience, its your chance to make your mark in primary care locally. You would support the PCN with the facilitation of clinical, holistic, and proactive care for our patients, whilst also undertaking admin tasks to support the GPs and other members of the primary healthcare team. The preferred candidate will understand working in primary care, with previous experience of working in a healthcare setting and strong administrative skills. Experience in the use of SystmOne would be an advantage.

On a day-to-day basis, you will work collaboratively with colleagues across the PCN, supporting the Care Home Team and the Practice teams to deliver high quality healthcare. You will promote health and wellbeing to all patients; support in providing care for individuals with dementia, learning disabilities and long-term conditions, signposting, where appropriate, to relevant wider service across the locality. More specifically your duties will include, Phlebotomy, taking past medical history, observations (BP), ECGs, Learning Disability reviews, prediabetic reviews, and work as part of the team delivering vaccinations. Your duties will complement and support the workforce across the PCN. A full drivers licence and access to your own car are essential.

About us

Staff working for Acclaim PCN are expected to work aross the four member Practices and also across the nine care homes we are aligned to, to deliver the contractual Enhanced Health in Care Homes, you will also be expected to visit patients in their own homes at times.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

On a day-to-day basis, you will work collaboratively withcolleagues across the PCN, supporting the Care Home Team and the Practice teamsto deliver high quality healthcare. Youwill promote health and wellbeing to all patients; support in providing carefor individuals with dementia, learning disabilities and long-term conditions,signposting, where appropriate, to relevant wider service across thelocality. More specifically your dutieswill include, Phlebotomy, taking past medical history, observations (BP), ECGs,Learning Disability reviews, pre-diabetic reviews, and work as part of the teamdelivering vaccinations. Your dutieswill complement and support the workforce across the PCN.

Core Responsibilities

As part of the role, you will be expected and trained tohelp:

Admin work, such as but not limited to the following:

Extracting all information from clinical lettersthat need coding

Directly dealing with all routine clinical post

Arranging appointments, referrals and follow upappointments of patients

Clinical work

General Clinical Duties including but not limited to.

Preparing patients, taking a brief history andbasic readings.

Dipping urine, phlebotomy and taking bloodpressure and ECGs

Carrying out annual reviews, pre-diabeticreviews

Explaining treatment procedures to patients,including arranging follow up appointments

Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies, forexample, arranging for on-call doctors to provide advice on the phone, or toarrange admission, allowing the GP to continue with their consultation(s)

Forming a part of the Care Home team,undertaking review work ups for the residents of the PCNs aligned Care Homes.

Person Specification

Qualities and Attributes

• An understanding, acceptance, and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Able to work on own initiative.
• Able to work under pressure and remain calm
• Flexible and adaptable
• Proactivity

Other

• Flexibility of Working Hours
• Drive and have access to transport to attend visits or sites across the PCN, this may include home visits
• Required to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check

Experience

• Experience within a healthcare setting and/or similar role
• Experience in caring for others
• Experience in GP Practice
• Experience of the use of SystmOne clinical system

Knowledge and skills

• Ability to provide quality patient care
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Good team working skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Basic phlebotomy.
• Ability to undertake ECGs, BPs, and basic observations.
• Ability to undertake Learning Difficulty annual reviews for patients.
• Ability to carry out pre-diabetic appointments for newly diagnosed patients.

Qualifications

• 2 GCSE grade A-C English and Maths
• Previous experience of general clinical duties.
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, and willing to work towards Level 3, or equivalent

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.