General Practice Assistant (GPA)
£14.06 per hour
Employer: Health & Beyond
Hours of work: 25 hours per week
Salary: £14.06 per hour
Practice information:
Our vision is to develop a partnership between patients and our clinicians that allow us together to deliver high quality health and social care services, and meet the needs of the population of Wolverhampton and beyond.As Health and Beyond we are committed to working together to ensure our communities receive the best evidence based care possible, and will strive to ensure that patients’ views are heard and that their journey through Health and Beyond health system is seamless through integration and strong partnership working with our stakeholders.Delivering excellence in innovation that benefits patients, employees and commissioners with strong inter-professional programs and bespoke care.Including South East Primary Care Network which is within our geographical area.
https://healthandbeyond.healthcare/
Job purpose/summary:
• 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.
To apply: please send CV to Tarandeep.mann@nhs.net
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Contact details for more information or an informal discussion: Tarandeep.mann@nhs.net
Closing date: 10/10/2025
