# GP Assistant (PCN SPINE)

**Company**: Farnham Road Practice
**Location**: Slough
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: Negotiable
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic GP Assistant to join our Clinical and Clinical Administration team. As a GP Assistant, you will report directly to the Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Director and support the delivery of Primary Care Networks ambitions.

**Main duties of the job**

- Sorting clinical post and prioritising for the GP

- Preparing patients prior to GP appointments

- Phlebotomy and ECGs

- Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies

- Completing basic forms and core elements of some forms for the GP to approve and sign

- Assisting with minor surgery procedures

- Giving advice on health promotion

- Supporting the GP with immunisation and wound care

- Arranging the lending of and teaching patients how to use home and 24-hour blood pressure machines

- Implanon insertion and removal and minor operations

- Acting on yellow flag reminders and assisting with patient recalls

- Entering data, such as childhood immunisation and computerisation of letters and notes

- Chaperone duties and stock checks

**Person Specification**

- Level 3 Diploma in Health Care

- Certificate of Competence in phlebotomy

- GCSE grade A to C in English & Maths

- Experience in working within a Primary or Secondary Care setting

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Good IT knowledge and exceptional knowledge of Microsoft Package

## Skills

### Required
- phlebotomy
- ECGs
- Microsoft Package
- health promotion
- immunisation
- wound care

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