General Practice Assistant (GPA)
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2026 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO45 5WX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A2979-26-0006 |
Summary
General Practice Assistants ("GPA"s), support the smooth running of clinics by performing more routine administration and clinical tasks on behalf of the GP, freeing up their time to focus on the patient This is an exciting role within a Primary Care setting working as part of the Waterside PCN team, where you will be using your skills to support and complement our existing team of clinicians, providing and monitoring patient centred care, across the patient population. Waterside PCN is an expanding, forwarding thinking primary care network based on the Waterside in Hampshire. With 46,000 registered patients across 5 sites we are a busy network, yet all our teams both clinical and admin are supportive, friendly and work closely together to ensure excellent service provision to our patients. While this is a PCN wide role, you will primarily be supporting the Red and Green Practice. Main duties of the job / Key Responsibilities: Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients 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, 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 Extracting information from clinical letters that needs coding; adding this to patient notes. Supporting with QOF reviews.