Pcn General Practice Assistant/hca - Winchester, United Kingdom - Winchester City Primary Care Network

Winchester City Primary Care Network

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Winchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful and progressive PCN.

A General Practice Assistant will support the smooth running of clinics by performing the more routine administration and clinical tasks on behalf of clinicians freeing up their time to focus on the patient.

The main role of the GPA will be to complete NHS Health Checks, therefore experience in this is essential.

Other duties may include, but not be limited to:

Signposting to others such as clinical pharmacist 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
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)
Explaining treatment procedures to patients
Administrative duties to support in PCN projects

This role is offered on both a part time or full time basis, however the successful applicant must be able to commit to working on a Monday and a Friday.

Education and Training

To participate in any relevant training/courses/conferences
To complete mandatory training
To maintain your own continuing professional development, keeping up to date with developments

Information management

To maintain appropriate confidentiality of information relating to the organisation and its staff and maintain compliance with the Data Protection Act.
To be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all patient and staff records
Support good integrated governance and information governance practice within the practice
Report any concerns or incidents as per policy

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Part-time hours: per week

Salary:
£12.50 per hour

Benefits: