GP Assistant

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group; Tendring; Hybrid; GBP 9,900 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, in partnership with Ardleigh Surgery, is seeking a GP Assistant to join our team. This fixed-term role is for 16 hours per week and runs until 31 March 2027, with funding subject to confirmation.

You will work closely with GP partners, ANPs and nurses, carrying out a mix of administrative and clinical tasks in the community and practice, including taking histories, recording vitals, and updating patient records.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team or independently.
• IT skills including experience with a clinical system.
• Basic understanding of medical terminology.
• Strong organisational and time-management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Take patient histories and prepare examination rooms.
• Record vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, and weight.
• Assist with routine medical procedures under supervision.
• Maintain accurate information in electronic health records.
• Support patient experience by reinforcing GP information.
• Keep the practice environment clean and well organised.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

IT skills

Medical terminology

Organization

Tools

Clinical system

Job description

About the Role

Ardleigh Surgery on behalf of Stour Estuary PCN, are seeking a GP Assistant to join our team. This role is offered on a fixed term contract until 31st March 2027, subject to continued funding and is offered on a part time basis of 16 hours per week.

Our team includes GP's, ANP's, nurses, pharmacists, dispensers and administrative staff working collaboratively to support our patient population.

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 including:

• Taking patient histories, preparing examination rooms, and ensuring patient comfort.
• Taking and recording vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature and weight.
• Assisting with routine medical procedures under supervision.
• Ensuring accurate and up-to-date information is recorded in electronic health records.
• Supporting patient experience by reiterating information from the GP.
• Maintaining a clean and organised environment in the practice.

About the Candidate

If you are a well organised person who thrives on a busy working environment, where no two days are the same, then we would love to hear from you.

Whilst the following skills and experience are important, we would welcome applications from people who can demonstrate strong transferable skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team or alone.
• IT skills, including experience of working with a clinical system.
• Basic understanding of medical terminology.
• Good organisational and time-management qualities.

About Us

We are a friendly, well-organised training practice looking after 17,600 patients in an impressive purpose-built GP surgery, located within a community hospital in the seaside town of Harwich in Essex.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.