# General Practice Assistant

**Company**: Suttons Wharf Health Centre
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £28271.70
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Suttons Wharf Health Centre is seeking a motivated and proactive General Practice Assistant (Clinical & Administrative) to join our busy and supportive team.

This is a varied and rewarding role combining hands-on clinical support with administrative and care coordination responsibilities. The postholder will support clinicians in delivering high-quality patient care while also playing a key role in proactive population health management, including recalls, searches, and patient pathway coordination.

The role consists of fixed hours of: Monday: 12-8pm Tuesday: 12-8pm Wednesday: 11am-7pm/12-8pm (alternating week to week) Thursday: 8am-4pm Friday: 8am-4pm

**Main duties of the job**

- Clinical Duties:

- Undertake basic clinical observations (BP, pulse, height, weight, BMI)

- Perform phlebotomy, including domiciliary visits where appropriate

- Carry out ECGs, urine testing, and other diagnostic procedures (following training)

- Support NHS Health Checks and new patient checks

- Assist with chronic disease monitoring (e.g. hypertension, diabetes)

- Act as a chaperone in line with practice policy

- Accurately record patient information in the clinical system

- Administrative & Care Coordination Duties:

- Process and code clinical correspondence

- Manage patient recalls and follow-ups (e.g. long-term conditions, screening)

- Run clinical system searches to identify patients requiring review

- Support delivery of QOF, IIF and enhanced services

- Coordinate referrals, appointments, and test results

- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records

- Prepare and pre-populate forms for GP review

- Support list management and population health initiatives

- Team & Service Duties:

- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team

- Support community-based work where required

- Participate in audits and quality improvement (QI) projects

- Attend team meetings and training sessions

**About us**

Suttons Wharf Health Centre is a large, well-established practice serving a population of approximately 19,000 patients, working within a Primary Care Network covering around 55,000 patients. We have a strong multidisciplinary team including GPs and Clinical Partners, Nurses and Healthcare Assistants, Pharmacists, Care Coordinators, Administrative and reception teams. We are committed to continuous improvement, staff development, and delivering high-quality patient care.

**Benefits**

- Competitive salary of £28,271.70 per annum

- Opportunities for professional development and growth

- Collaborative and supportive team environment

**Requirements**

- Experience in a patient-facing or administrative role

- Excellent organisational and communication skills

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

- Good IT skills

- Understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding

## Skills

### Required
- clinical observations
- phlebotomy
- ECGs
- urine testing
- diagnostic procedures
- patient care
- population health management
- clinical correspondence
- patient recalls
- follow-ups
- QOF
- IIF
- enhanced services
- referrals
- appointments
- test results
- patient records
- list management

### Nice to have
- EMIS or similar clinical systems
- recalls
- searches
- QOF work
- phlebotomy skills

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