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About the Role
General Practice Assistants (GPAs) provide administrative and basic clinical support within primary care. They help free up GP time, improve patient experience, and ensure the smooth running of appointments.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and respond to emails in the NHS Email account.
- Sort and prioritize clinical post for GPs, signposting where appropriate.
- Extract information from clinical letters for coding into patient notes.
- Arrange patient appointments, referrals, and follow-up appointments.
- Prepare patients for GP appointments by taking brief histories and basic readings.
- Perform urine dips, take blood pressure, ECGs, and phlebotomy.
- Complete basic forms for GP approval, such as insurance, mortgage, and benefits agency forms.
- Explain treatment procedures to patients.
- Liaise with outside agencies to assist GPs.
- Support GPs with immunizations and wound care.
Requirements
- Prior experience working in a receptionist or administrative role in a GP surgery.
- Experience working with the general public.
- Experience with administrative duties.
- Experience working in a healthcare setting.
Skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to follow policies and procedures
Location
- Single GP practice
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Depending on experience
Education Level
- GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- £30,000- £32,000
About the Company
- Central London Healthcare CiC (CLH) is a federation of 27 General Practices and 4 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Westminster, serving over 275,000 patients.
- CLH provides Community and Primary Care services, along with staffing, management, and administrative support to its member practices.
- The organization collaborates with PCNs, Local Authorities, and community organizations to promote health and well-being.
- CLH operates Federation-led services including Respiratory and Spirometry hubs, Community Cardiology, Dermatology, Diabetes service, Access E-hub, and Enhanced Access.
- They support PCNs with managing NWL single offer contract of services and the National Network DES contract.
- CLH utilizes a unique community-led care model called ‘The Octopus’ to address system imbalances and inequality.
- They engage in collaborative work with commercial sector partners, including joint ventures, research, and consultancy.
- CLH's approach focuses on delivering exceptional assistance to member practices and operating NHS contracts efficiently and locally.
- Employees work flexibly, typically onsite at practices or hub sites, or at their office near Edgeware Road tube station.
- The organization's purpose is to transform Health and Wellbeing in communities.
- Their vision is to be the Healthcare Provider of choice, rooted in primary care.
- CLH's values are Compassionate, Accountable, Resilient, Pioneering, and Aspirational.