GP assistant

Whickham Practice are recruiting two GP assistants to support the document management and clinical coding of the Practice, along with supporting the nursing team with phlebotomy., The post is a new role which has been created to assist the GPs, nursing team and covers both office administration as well as health care duties . Phlebotomy experience is not essential as full training will be given.

We are a single site practice working from a purpose built surgery and we look after approximately 15,800 patients. Our team comprises of 5 partners, 4 salaried doctors, a paediatric advanced nurse practitioner, practice nurses, health care assistants a phlebotomist, a GP assistant and well supported by a full complement of highly experienced administrators and reception staff. We are also a member of Gateshead Inner West PCN and are able to share a frailty nurse, social prescribing link workers, physiotherapists, pharmacists with 4 other PCN practices. We use the EMIS Web clinical system, our document management team code incoming information and we have one of the highest numbers of patients in the area using online services. As a Practice we encourage and support staff development.