General Practice Assistant United Kingdom
Job description
About Lakeside
LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous, ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest ‘true’ partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, operating services for 4 Primary Care Networks (PCN) across our geography. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today, focussed on local needs at a PCN level.https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk/
Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare
Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.
Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.
About the PCN
St Neots PCN is a forward-thinking network consisting of 3 practices; Lakeside St Neots (Eaton Socon and Cedar House), St Neots Health Centre and Great Staughton Surgery. For more information on primary care network’s please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/primary-care-networks/. Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.
Job Introduction
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a General Practice Assistant (GPA) within the St Neots Primary Care Network (SNPCN).
General Practice Assistant is an exciting new role introduced to provide extra time, capacity and expertise to support patients in preparing for, or in following-up, clinical conversations they have with clinicians. Working closely with the GPs and other healthcare professionals across the PCN; the post holder will support with undertaking basic clinical observations, supporting wound and/or immunisation care and liaising with outside agencies enabling clinicians to continue with consultations. The post also requires completion of administration tasks for clinicians, such as coding patient records and completing non-opinion forms on behalf of the health professionals for review, and implementing and reviewing patient care plans.
The successful candidates must be available to work on a full-time basis with flexibility when required to work across the three sites within the PCN.
What you will do (not exhaustive)
Key responsibilities and tasks
You will:
- Preparing patients prior to going in to see the GP, taking a brief history and basic clinical readings in readiness for the GP appointment
- Preparing, testing and reporting on patient samples
- Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g. getting an on call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with their consultation(s)
- Support the GP with immunisations/wound care
- Explaining treatment procedures to patients
- Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients
Essential Criteria
- The post holder must hold a GP Assistant certificate or be willing to complete the course to obtain the certificate.
- Good level of education with GCSE Math and English Grade C or above (or equivalent)
- Ability to complete administrative tasks with a high level of detail
What we offer you (Benefits)
- Generous holidays (additional long service entitlements)
- NHS pension and long service recognition
- NHS Discounts (Blue Light Card)
- Career opportunities
- Role specific training and ongoing development
- Great team environment
Lakeside Healthcare is proud to be a Living Wage employer
Interview process
Please apply with a CV and a cover letter - Please upload your CV as a pdf and include your personal email address in your cover letter.
Our interview process will aim to meet you in person however some interviews may be carried out virtually. If interviews are carried out at our GP practices, you will be required to wear a mask.
To help you shine and show your full potential, please make us aware of any changes you might need at any stage of your application. If you need an alternative way of applying for this role, support with understanding the role, any changes at interviews, or anything else, we encourage you to contact our central HR team. Details can be found on our website www.lakesidehealthcare.co.ukor you can message us through Indeed.
We encourage candidates to not delay their application as we retain the right to close the advert early should the volume of applications become very high.
Please ensure you have your Right to Work documentation available at interview We will require you to produce the original documentation prior to your start date.
Shortlisting
We anticipate that shortlisting will commence one week after the advert has closed and will advise of interview arrangements if successful, however this timeline is dependent on the number of applications.
Website
www.lakesidehealthcare.co.uk
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We value diversity and we're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to care for and support our patients and employees better. Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 yrs. so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
Equal Opportunities
Lakeside Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all our staff and job applicants are protected from unlawful discrimination. All employees and job applicants will be treated equally, fairly and with respect. We will endeavour, through appropriate training, to ensure that our hiring teams making selection and recruitment decisions that do not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously and follow recognised industry best practice.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £9.90-£11.21 per hour
Benefits:
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you have the right to work in the UK? If you answered Yes you must be able to provide sufficient evidence upon interview.
- Do you have the ability to travel across PCN sites?
- Do you hold a General Practice Assistant Certificate or are you willing to work towards this?
Application deadline: 19/02/2023
