
GP Assistant
- West Midlands
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Read and interpret incoming patient records (e.g., paper notes, hospital letters, discharge summaries).
- Accurately summarise medical histories into the clinical system (EMIS/SystmOne) using appropriate Read Codes or SNOMED codes.
- Ensure all relevant clinical information is captured and recorded in the correct format.
- Scan paper documents into the clinical system, attaching them to the correct patient record.
- Apply accurate coding and filing to ensure easy retrieval and compliance with data quality standards.
- Check that all scanned documents are legible and filed in the correct section of the patient record.
- Protect, improve, and extend local General Practice through greater organisational scale to provide convenient high quality, comprehensive and integrated services.
- Enhance the skills and flexibility of the General Practice workforce to meet population and service needs with programmes of continuing professional development.
- Work and collaborate with others to innovate in service provision, building on new technologies and recognising lifestyle choices of service users in the way in which they wish to access care.
- Ensure that all we do is valuable, both for the taxpayer and service user and for those investing their time and money into the PCN.
- Operate ethically, with accountability, probity, and fairness at the heart of the organisation.
- Review all incoming correspondence filing the document and entering pertinent information into the patients electronic medical record in accordance with the Coding Protocol with attention to QOF.
- Highlight clinician action and workflow to appropriate clinician or team as per Workflow Protocol.
- Organise the medical record of patient whom you are coding, to link problem titles.
- Checking incoming medical records and summarising onto clinical system.
- Recognise own knowledge limits and seek advice from clinical or administrative colleagues as appropriate.
- To carry out administrative related tasks as delegated by Clinical Lead and Practice Manager
- Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with GDPR and NHS Information Governance requirements.
- Undertake relevant training to maintain knowledge and skills.
- Follow all practice and PCN policies and procedures.
- This job posting is not offered for NHS sponsorship; applicants must have the existing full right to work in the UK.
- Review all incoming correspondence filing the document and entering pertinent information into the patients electronic medical record in accordance with the Coding Protocol with attention to QOF.
- Highlight clinician action and workflow to appropriate clinician or team as per Workflow Protocol.
- Organise the medical record of patient whom you are coding, to link problem titles.
- Checking incoming medical records and summarising onto clinical system.
- Recognise own knowledge limits and seek advice from clinical or administrative colleagues as appropriate.
- To carry out administrative related tasks as delegated by Clinical Lead and Practice Manager
- Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with GDPR and NHS Information Governance requirements.
- Undertake relevant training to maintain knowledge and skills.
- Follow all practice and PCN policies and procedures.
- This job posting is not offered for NHS sponsorship; applicants must have the existing full right to work in the UK.
- Good standard of education (GCSE or equivalent).
- Previous administrative or records management experience in a healthcare setting.
- Strong IT and typing skills; attention to detail; understanding of confidentiality and data protection.
- Organised, reliable, able to work to deadlines, good communication skills, team player.
- Training in medical terminology or health administration.
- NHS primary care experience; previous summarising & scanning work.
- Knowledge of EMIS or SystmOne; coding with SNOMED or Read Codes.
- Flexible approach to workload.
- Good standard of education (GCSE or equivalent).
- Previous administrative or records management experience in a healthcare setting.
- Strong IT and typing skills; attention to detail; understanding of confidentiality and data protection.
- Organised, reliable, able to work to deadlines, good communication skills, team player.
- Training in medical terminology or health administration.
- NHS primary care experience; previous summarising & scanning work.
- Knowledge of EMIS or SystmOne; coding with SNOMED or Read Codes.
- Flexible approach to workload.