Office Junior in Castle Practice Are you interested in an administration and clerical career within General Practice? If so a great starting point is an Office Junior role within our Reception/Admin team. You’ll need to be reliable, working in an administrative capacity to support the team. We’ll expect you to be interested in medical care and keen and willing to learn new skills. We’re looking for a people person with a bright personality and a good attitude to work with good communication skills.  You must be well presented Our systems are mostly paperless so an interest in IT is important.  Attention to detail will be a key requirement. We will help you through training and coaching to understand the processes of General Practice to develop new skills and learn through a paid work based training process including all aspects of medical administration for Patient care. Job Title: Office Junior (in General Practice) Hours: Full Time – 37 between the hours of 8.30am and 5.30pm Mon-Fri Salary: To Be Agreed Responsible to: The Practice Manager Base: Castle Practice GP Surgery, Carrickfergus Health Centre CRITERIA Essential: 4 GCSEs Grades A to D to include English and Maths References to include timekeeping and ...

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  RCGP NI Press Release   Responding to the Health Minister’s comments on 19 May, with regard to his decision to impose a disputed financial package on Northern Ireland GPs, Dr Ursula Mason, Chair of the Royal College of GPs in Northern Ireland said:   “We are dismayed to hear that the Minister for Health has taken this unprecedented step in Northern Ireland and strongly refute his decision-making rationale.  To suggest that GP services should not receive increased funding because of problems with access to services is counter-intuitive and belies a lack of understanding of the root causes of difficulty with access, the most prevalent being chronic underfunding.  We have a finite number of appointments we can offer on any given day.  Our warnings about the intense pressures GPs and our teams are working under and the impact this is having on patients need to be acted upon.  It also is grossly unfair to our health professional teams who are working beyond their capacity to provide care to their patients.  The Minister’s comments have further demoralised an already exhausted workforce, and the impact which is has had on the profession should not be underestimated. ‘GPs want to provide increased access ...

The Practice cannot provide weight loss injections via the NHS. The only way to get these currently is via private doctors, and when medication is prescribed the person prescribing it is responsible for any follow up required.   The Department of Health has advised us that if you have problems due to your privately prescribed medication you need to discuss this on a private basis with whoever has prescribed your medication