Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 166-ARC-7353011
- Employer
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RPC Brooklyn
- Town
- Heanor
- Salary
- £24,000 - £26,000 per annum pro rata dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2025 08:00
Employer heading

GP Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
We have an opportunity for 1 x full-time GP Assistant based at Royal Primary Care Brooklyn, HEANOR. You will join a growing establishment committed to being a flagship organisation and an at scale provider of primary care services in the Midlands. If you are enthusiastic, caring and passionate about delivering the highest quality care, keeping patients at the heart of all you do, we want to hear from you.
Do you have experience of providing care and support to people in primary care, the community or care homes? Or maybe you're an experienced HCA from General Practice looking for a new challenge?
Royal Primary Care Brooklyn is seeking an experienced healthcare assistant with an interest in frailty to support our multi-disciplinary team of professionals – including working alongside our colleagues in the ARCH PCN (Alfreton, Ripley, Crich and Heanor) and other stakeholders in the community.
· 37.5 hours - RPC Brooklyn, HEANOR
This is a developing role within our practice team providing care to vulnerable, frail and housebound patients. This role will also involve working alongside GPs and Advanced Clinical Practitioners aligned to care homes, supporting with HCA tasks, the weekly ward round and annual long-term condition reviews as required.
RPC Brooklyn is ideally situated between Derby and Nottingham and has been serving the healthcare needs of the local community for over 120 years.
Main duties of the job
This is an excellent opportunity to join a different kind of GP practice, an innovative, forward thinking training practice. Our vision is to be an exceptional provider of family medicine, dedicated to our patients, and we’re on a mission to improve our community’s health and reduce inequality.
Royal Primary Care have a team of over 170 people dedicated to our patients, working across 3 sectors covering Chesterfield, Clay Cross and Heanor. Our Nursing team are essential to ensuring that we always provide an outstanding level of nursing care to our patients.
You will work collaboratively as part of our multidisciplinary (Heanor) team of clinicians to meet the needs of our patients, delivering the highest standards of patient care. You will undertake a diverse range of assessments and provide the appropriate care / treatment according to patient needs, striving to improve standards of care and enhancing nursing services within the practice.
Depending on experience, contribution to the monitoring of Long-Term Chronic Disease management of our patients will also form a large part of the role. Knowledge of the GMS contract e.g. The Quality and Outcomes Framework will be valuable to the post.
Working for our organisation
Royal Primary Care is a division of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, providing primary care services for over 50,000 patients and aspiring to be an exceptional provider of family medicine dedicated to our patients and community. Being part of a larger organisation brings about many benefits. As well as an NHS pension, you’ll have access to training and development opportunities and a whole raft of well-being initiatives to look after your physical and mental health. At Royal Primary Care, your wellbeing is key to our appraisal system, and we place great
importance on everyone feeling included. You’ll have an equal say in how we look after you through access to our annual staff survey.
*(Please note that this is NOT Agenda for Change, however we have competency bands that we match to appropriate roles/skill levels)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments.
This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- GCSE in Maths and English at Grade C or above
- NVQ level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care
Desirable criteria
- GP Assistant Certificate qualification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Empathetic and compassionate approach towards patients, promoting a stigma-free environment
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with patients and other healthcare professionals
- Excellent organisational skills to manage appointment bookings and patient records efficiently.
- Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise own workload
- Able to work independently or as part of a team
- Good written presentation skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Strong IT Skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of clinical systems i.e. SystmOne
- Knowledge and practical experience of QOF and local enhanced services
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Adaptable to change
- Friendly but professional approach
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Clark
- Job title
- Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01773 712552
- Additional information
Leah Caddick - Practice Manager - [email protected]
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