PCN General Practice Assistant
| Posting date: | 09 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,826.00 to £26,838.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25826.00 - £26838.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 July 2025 |
| Location: | Rugby, CV21 3QF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5360-25-0005 |
Summary
Duties and Responsibilities Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow-up appointments of patients for example: Completing simple clinical observations /investigations as directed locally, such as dipstick urine, taking blood pressure, ECG, phlebotomy. Supporting the GP with immunisations/wound care. Preparing patients prior to going in to see the GP, taking a brief history and basic readings in readiness for the GP appointment. Completing basic (non-opinion) forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign such as insurance forms, mortgage, and benefits agency forms etc. Explaining treatment procedures to patients. 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); Sorting clinical post and prioritising for the GP. Signposting some post to other members of staff; and extracting information from clinical letters that needs coding; adding this to patient notes. Supporting with QOF reviews. Track and record evidence of experience against the national competency framework. Inform the lead GP of any concerns regarding their role and request professional development as needed. Be aware of their own professional boundaries and what to do when they are reached. Participate in an annual individual performance review. Any other duties as may be requested by the Clinical Lead or Operations Director of the PCN If required by the Practice, duties can include: Assisting the practice management team with ordering supplies, liaising with vaccinemanufacturers, taking minutes of practice meetings Assisting the digital scanning team with clinical correspondence filing Assisting the reception team at busy times with arriving patients, booking appointments forpatients, retrieving paperwork for collection.Supporting the prescription clerk team withrepeat prescription requests. Assisting the medical reports team with Subject Access Requests and preparing notes/reportsfor clinicians to process. With more training and where required by the Practice: Processing clinical results relating to breast screening and cervical screening and other nationalscreening programmes. Summarising medical records for newly registered patients (Read/Snomed codes) Summarising basic incoming clinical correspondence