Job summary
- Main area
- Primary care
- Grade
- TBC as per ARRS salary scales of NHSE
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- CHR - 7325610
- Employer
- Connect Healthcare Rotherham CIC
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Various Doncaster GP Practices
- Town
- Doncaster
- Salary
- TBC as per ARRS salary scales of NHSE
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
GP Assistant
TBC as per ARRS salary scales of NHSE
Job overview
The purpose of the GP Assistant is to work alongside the Primary Care Network (PCN) and Practice teams to support the smooth running of clinics by performing routine administration and clinical tasks, providing efficient administrative support, and assisting in the processing of patient data. The overall aim of the position is to help reduce the administrative workload pressures of the wider clinical team including the GPs so they can focus their time on the clinical care of their patients.
Main duties of the job
For the main duties of this job, please see the job description and person specification details attached to this job advert.
Working for our organisation
The employer for this vacancy will be Connect Healthcare Rotherham Community Interest Company (CIC) is a federation of 28 GP practices in Rotherham. The organisation is led by a Board of representatives from general practice in the Borough, with executive leadership from a Medical Director on a part-time basis. However this post will be on behalf of and working with Doncaster East PCN
Our Vision
We are a GP-led organisation and aim to provide services for direct patient care and to support GP practices. We will be a patient-centred, working collaboratively across general practice and with partners to provide high-quality services, positive working experiences for our staff, and to secure the sustainability of general practice in Rotherham
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification details attached to this job advert
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade C or above (grade 4 or above) in English and Maths
- Willingness to undertake training and continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- GP Assistant Certificate qualification
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Expereince
Essential criteria
- Experience of working under own direction
- Experience in a patient focused environment
- Experience of working in a clinical role within a health care setting e.g., as a Healthcare Assistant or Healthcare Support Worker
- Evidence of experience in wide range of administrative systems and software programmes
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting service improvement
- Previous experience in NHS/Primary Care/Local Authority role
- Experience of working within a medical environment
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to understand treatments and procedures and communicate these effectively
- Experience of planning and organising complex meetings/agendas
- Evidence of working with IT systems
- Evidence of ability to support collation and analysis of data
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Ability to provide and receive complex information
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Undertaking ECGs, blood pressure, phlebotomy, dipstick urine, and other clinical competencies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a GP Assistant
- Clinical coding
- Experience of using a medical software package e.g. SystmOne and EMIS Web
Disposition and attitudes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to show kindness and compassion
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to set deadlines
- Ability to adapt and change approach as circumstance dictates
- Persistence and ability to keep going in difficult situations and with complex and uncertain pieces of work
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- “Can do” attitude, able to maintain positivity in the face of adversity
- Good time keeping
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to work flexibly across days of the week
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natasha White
- Job title
- Practice Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01405812121
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