GP Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has come up for a brand new role within Nexus. We are looking for GP Assistants to provide proactive support to our clinical teams. A GP Assistant will support the GP and wider clinical teams smooth running of clinics by performing administration tasks on behalf of the GP freeing up their time to focus on the patient. This is a role that will develop in its function and we are looking for candidates with excellent administrative skills who are capable of being developed and working collaboratively with our clinicians.

Please note this advert is capped at 20 CVs , please apply promptly

Main duties of the job

Sort all clinical post and prioritise for the GP/clinical team in terms of actions. Signposting some post to others such as clinical pharmacist etc.

Extract all information from clinical letters that needs coding and add to notes according to agreed protocols

Review laboratory results and action according to agreed protocols

Arrange appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients

Proactively contact patients to arrange appointments or follow up

Complete 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

Explain appointment systems such as Long Term Condition clinic to patients to aid appropriate appointment booking and attendance

Help the GP/clinical team 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)

About us

Nexus Health group is the largest provider of Primary care services in England.We look after a practice population of 76,000 patients spread across our 9 sites. The overall aim of Nexus Health Group is to provide a clinically excellent service to our patients, recognising the needs of our local population and to provide a learning and developmental environment for our staff. Our clinical approach is based on a foundation of clinical excellence, clinical leadership and clinical governance.

We have 9 GP Practices across north Southwark all geographically close and well served by local transport hubs at London Bridge, Elephant & Castle and Canada Water. We share one patient list but our patients are attached to a specific site and are looked after by the site based teams which include GPs, Nurses, Physicians Associates, Paramedics, ANPs and Pharmacists. These site-based teams are supported by centralised HR, IT, Clinical Administration and the Senior Management Team.

All our sites function as traditional practices with a Site Manager and GP partners working in the practice. All sites are involved in GP training and increasingly training the wider AHP team such as nurses and PAs. Nexus works closely with the local PCN with 2 partners as Clinical Directors. As an at scale provider there are many opportunities to develop areas of interest and leadership within Nexus and the wider PCN