General Practice Assistant

NHS; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Pennsylvania is looking for a General Practice Assistant to perform essential administrative tasks to support GPs and ANPs. The ideal candidate should have experience in primary care and excellent communication skills to manage various responsibilities, including processing medication requests and arranging patient appointments. This role is crucial for enhancing patient care by freeing up GPs' time for complex cases.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar role within Primary Care, with at least one year's experience.
• Able to determine which documents can be completed independently.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine administrative tasks to support GPs and ANPs.
• Process medication requests and manage incoming documents.
• Arrange tests and follow up appointments.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Experience in primary care

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

General Practice Assistant (GPA), is required to support the smooth running of clinics byperforming more routine administration tasks on behalf of the GP,freeing up their time to focus on the patient.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

• Processing medication requests
• Workflow of incoming documents, coding and extracting information from clinical letters to add to patient records
• Determining whether or not letters should be forwarded to a Clinical Pharmacist or GP for actioning.
• Arranging tests and follow up appointments
• Completing basic (non-opinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign, such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefit agency forms etc.
• Supporting with QOF reviews

About us

We are a rural practice located in Warboys with a practice list size of 7,500 patients.

Our team consists of 4 GP partners, 1 salaried GP, 2 ANPs, 5 receptionists, 3 dispensers, 1 care coordinator, 1 social prescribing link worker, 4 nurses and 3 health care assistants.

Many members of our team have been with the practice for a very long time.

Job responsibilities

Performing routine administrative tasks to support the GPs and ANPs freeing up their time for complex patient care.

Responsibilities

• Processing medication requests
• Workflow of incoming documents, coding and extracting information from clinical letters to add to patient records
• Determining whether or not letters should be forwarded to a Clinical Pharmacist or GP for actioning.
• Arranging tests and follow up appointments
• Completing basic (non-opinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign, such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefit agency forms etc.
• Supporting with QOF reviews

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience
• Proven experience in a similar role within Primary Care, with at least one year's experience
• Able to take on the responsibility and have the confidence for determining which documents can be completed without having to forward them to a Clinical Pharmacist
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, working as an effective member of the team
• Previous knowledge of SystmOne

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.