General Practice Assistant - Fryent, United Kingdom - The Fryent Way Surgery

Description

Key Info Job type:
Permanent

Job title:
General Practice Assistant (GPA)

Location:
London The Fryent Way Surgery NW9 9SB (K&W Healthcare)

Salary range:
Band 3 / 4 dependent on experience

PCN General Practice Assistant (GPA) Primary Care networks are newly formed groups of GP practices working collaboratively to provide enhanced and diverse services to patients.

They are evolving and receiving government investment to support their development.

This is an exciting time to join PCNs with the range of services and additional roles, only increasing over the next few years.

An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking General Practice Assistant (GPA) to join our multidisciplinary team.


About Us

Duties:

• Sorting all clinical posts and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Sign posting some posts to others such as clinical pharmacists etc.
• Extracting all information from clinical letters that needs coding and adding to notes
• Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients
• Preparing patients prior to going in to see the GP, taking a brief history and basic readings in readiness for the GP appointment.
• Dipping urine, taking blood pressure, ECGs & phlebotomy
• Completing basic (nonopinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign such as insurance forms, mortgage, benefits agency forms etc.
• Explaining treatment procedures to patients
• Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies e.g., getting an oncall 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
• Working under the supervision of a doctor as part of a medical team
• Have direct contact with patients, taking medical histories, carrying out physical examinations, updating records
• Make diagnoses, analyze test results, and deliver treatment, support clinical care for people with long term conditions. Consider prescribing and other necessary clinical interventions
• Work to a professional code of ethics
• Provide varied support and show flexibility in your role

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the postholder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their careers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organization. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorized persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Health & Safety The postholder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the

Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
  Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards:
• Reporting potential risks identified GPA Competency Framework 3 Equality and Diversity
• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is nonjudgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights.

Personal/ Professional Development:

• Post holder must hold a GP Assistant Certificate qualification
• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
• Attend all relevant annual updates
• Inform the lead GP of any concerns regarding GPA role and any professional development needed
• Be aware of own professional boundaries and what to do when you have reached them

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team