Total 4 job vacancies by Attenborough Surgery

Attenborough Surgery is a training Practice with GP registrars & Medical students, as well as in house teaching and a team of Salaried GPs, First Contact Physiotherapist, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescriber and dietitian as well as an award-winning team of Mental Health Workers.

We are a large Practice of 30K+ patients, use EMIS. We have 4 local sites.
Easy access from Hertfordshire or North London- 5 mins from Junction 5 of the M1. Parking on all sites, with a dedicated space when working at Bushey in our underground carpark.

We are seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join our team at the surgery. Working 30-37.5hrs per week across 3 of our local sites. We are seeking a positive can-do attitude together with good team working.

Main duties of the job
Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

Job summary:
Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

Key Skills Required:
· Phlebotomy, Flu / B12 Injections/IM injections, NHS Health Checks, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Weight / Height Measurement

Desirable Skills:
· Anti-Coagulation/INR Checks,Performing ECGs, Alcohol & Smoking Cessation / Awareness, Suture Removal, Wound Dressings, Diabetic Foot check
We are an EMIS Web practice


This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not restrictive or definitive

Essential criteria
skills required Phlebotomy Flu / B12 Injections/IM injections/ NHS Health Checks Blood Pressure Monitoring Weight / Height Measurement
Desirable criteria
General Practice trained
Skills required Anti-Coagulation/INR Checks /Performing ECGs/ Alcohol & Smoking Cessation / Awareness Suture Removal Wound Dressings
Essential criteria:Experience as a Health Care Assistant

Attenborough Surgery is a long established, award winning, forward thinking GP practice. We have a practice list size approximately 30,000 patients and are based over 4 surgery sites within 15 minutes drive of each other, serving the population of Bushey and Watford. We are <5 minutes drive from Junction 5 of the M1. We are a single practice Primary Care Network and a well-established training practice, respected for our collaborative working, training, teaching, and personal development within our team.
We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team of pharmacists and other health care professionals. They need to have an IP qualification and we are ideally looking for someone to support the GP team with their routine EPS workload using EMIS. Ideally this would be working from one our surgeries but we would consider remote EPS work.
You will provide primary support to General Practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. You will help support the repeat prescription system (including EPS), deal with acute prescription requests, structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. You will support systems for safer prescribing and provide expertise in clinical medicines advice needs of patients in our single practice PCN. Ideally you will have expertise in a chronic disease area eg diabetes or asthma management and could run chronic disease clinics.
You will have qualified from an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent and be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways.

You will be a qualified independent prescriber.


Hours: Both full time and part time roles available. Full time would be 37.5 hours per week

Salary: dependent on experience.

Attenborough Surgery is a long established, award winning, forward thinking GP practice.. We have a practice list size approximately 30,000 patients and are based over 4 surgery sites within 15 minutes drive of each other, serving the population of Bushey and Watford. We are <5 minutes drive from Junction 5 of the M1. We are a single practice Primary Care Network and a well-established training practice, respected for our collaborative working, training, teaching, and personal development within our team.

We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our team of pharmacists and other health care professionals.

You will provide primary support to General Practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. You will help support the repeat prescription system (including EPS), deal with acute prescription requests, structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. You will support systems for safer prescribing and provide expertise in clinical medicines advice needs of patients in our single practice PCN. Ideally you would have expertise in a chronic disease area eg diabetes or asthma management and could run chronic disease clinics.
You will be enrolled in, or have qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent, that equips the Clinical Pharmacist to be able to, practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways.
You will be a prescriber or completing training to become a prescriber.

Hours: full time 37.5 hours per week

Salary: dependent on experience.

Attenborough Surgery is a long established, award-winning, forward-thinking GP practice. We have a practice list size approximately 30,000 patients and are based over 4 surgery sites within 15 minutes drive of each other, serving the population of Bushey and Watford. We are <5 minutes drive from Junction 5 of the M1. We are a single practice Primary Care Network and a well-established training practice, respected for our collaborative working, training, teaching, and personal development within our team.

The practice clinical system is EMIS Web. We also use AccuRx, eConsult and other virtual platforms as well as Ardens.

We are a hardworking and friendly practice, with 5 GP partners, 16 salaried GPS, Nurses, HCAs, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Dietitians, first contact physiotherapists, and social prescribers, all supported by our receptionists and administrators.
We are seeking a practice administrator to join our team at the surgery. Working 30-37.5hrs a week. We are looking for a positive attitude, good organisational skills, good excel skills and communications skills.

A background of working in a GP surgery is preferred but not imperative.

Job Summary:
To provide a professional administrative service to the practice, assisting the two operations managers and the practice manager with various administrative tasks.

Job Description and Main Duties of Role
Assisting the practice manager and Operations managers to ensure the practice maximises its income from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and Enhanced Services (ES) Contracts including sending communications to patients to invite then for annual review, calling patients for annual review, taking calls from patients booking annual review appointments.
Review recall lists to support the other contractual obligations of the Practice, this will involve contacting patients to invite them in for chronic illness disease clinics, vaccinations, tests, and reviews as delegated by the operations managers.
Support both the Practice Manager and Operations Managers with seasonal and various health campaigns to increase patient uptake.
Assist both the Practice and Operations Managers in producing information for clinical audit, screening, and chronic disease management to optimise recall and review process. Experience working with Excel, EMIS web and searches is therefore desirable for this role.
Processing claims for the practice as instructed by the Operations Manager and Practice Manager
Assist in dealing with complaints as delegated by the complaints lead at the practice.
Provide support to the Practice Manager and Operations managers when needed.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
• GCSE English (or equivalent) - Grade C or above
• GCSE Maths (or equivalent) - Grade C or above
• [as above or instead relevant work experience]
• Computer and Keyboard skills
• Good Excel skills

Experience
Desirable
• Experience of working in a GP surgery
• Working knowledge of QOF
• Experience of EMIS Web including searches
• Experience of dealing with people on the phone and face to face
• Ability to work in a fast paced, everchanging environment.
• Experience with dealing with complaints.


Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Confidentiality:
• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognize people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not restrictive or definitive.