GP Assistant
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £26,000.00 to £32,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26000.00 - £32000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, W11 1PA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5546-26-0000 |
Summary
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Greet patients and visitors to the practice. 2. Book in, amend and cancel patient appointment inline with practice appointments procedures ensuing optimum efficiency of the appointment system. 3. Ensure that patients without appointments but who need 'urgent consultations are booked into appropriate slots and referred to a GP where necessary. 4. Receive and accurately record requests for home visits, assessing urgency in accordance with the Practices protocols. 5. Ensure computerised appointment system is up-to-date. 6. Respond and/or redirect all patient and visitor requests accordingly. 7. Explain practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and temporary residents, ensure procedures are completed. 8. Set-up of new patients onto the computer system. 9. Advise patients of relevant charges for private services, accept payment and issue receipts for same. 10. Produce repeat prescriptions according to practice procedures and ensure timely distribution of completed prescriptions. 11. Ensure correspondence, reports, results etc. are filed electronically in correct patient record. 12. Ensure reception and waiting areas are kept neat and tidy 13. Re-stocking of information leaflets as appropriate 14. Answering incoming telephone calls, ensuring calls are documented and redirected accordingly. 15. Undertake administration tasks as allocated by Line Manager. 16. Action start and end of day procedures i.e. opening or closing the building. 17. Ensure up-to-date maintenance of both computerised and manual filing systems (i.e. patient notes). 18. Check practice emails on a daily basis and action them. 19. Check admin tasks column on SystmOne daily and action the messages i.e. process referrals, chase up referrals/appointments. 20. Work safely at all times in accordance with Legislative requirements and Practice Policy and Procedures. 21. Amalgamation of new patient records. 22. Check fridge temperature daily and record the readings on the fridge temperature monitoring sheet. 23. This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties, which may be requested from time-to-time.