Physician Associate
Employer Chapel Lane Surgery Location Formby Salary Depending on experience Closing date 28 Feb 2024
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Profession Contract Type Hours You need to or to save a job. We are looking to recruit a Physician Associate with experience in General Practice to join our warm, friendly and ambitious team. The successful candidate will work alongside our multi-disciplinary team made up of GP's, ANPs, PA's and Nurses to provide care and treatment to patients with a variety of conditions and diagnoses.
Main duties of the job
As a Physician Associate, you will be acting within your professional boundaries, providing care for patients from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care under the supervision of a GP. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice multi-disciplinary team, in consultation with a GP. Practice in compliance with the respective code of professional conduct and within the scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice. Demonstrate a critical understanding of your broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and the limits of your own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information
About us
We are a dynamic forward thinking practice in the heart of Formby Village with a combined list size of circa 12,000 patients operating across two sites within a two minute walk of each other. We believe in delivering excellence in healthcare to our patients. The practice team consists of 4 Partners supported by our multi professional team of salaried GPs, Physician Associates, Practice Nurses, Trainee Advanced Care Practitioner, HCAs, Pharmacy Technicians and our strong Reception, Prescription and Administration teams.
We are an active member of Southport and Formby Primary Care Network.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. All members of the Practice team should work toward fulfilment of the contractual arrangements and support and fulfil subsequent contract changes as they occur. The practice aims to maintain high standards of patient care and to assess, develop and implement programmes to support individuals toward self-care to maintain the health of themselves and their families.
Clinical sessions
Clinical sessions may change dependent upon the needs of the Practice following consultation.
Clinical Responsibilities:
1. Undertaking a variety of duties including face to faceconsultations, e-consults, telephone consultations and queries, dealing with clinical paperwork, laboratory results and clinical correspondence in a timely fashion.
2. Under the appropriate supervision, utilising history and physical examination to assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
3. Under the appropriate supervision, utilising problem-solving and clinical decision-making skills to make autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
4. Instigating appropriate non-invasive and invasive investigations within the scope of a Physician Associate role including blood tests, urine samples, swabs, ECGs and imaging (non-iodising radiation).
5. Depending on experience and under appropriate supervision, transcribing medicine to Emis which is then signed by a supervising physician following discussionin person, via task or screen message
6. Interpreting and actioning investigation findings and discussing the result of investigations with patients
7. Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
8. Referring patients directly to other services or agencies using appropriate referral pathways
9. Handing over care of patients to care/nursing team during home visits and to paramedics if necessary to admit a patient
10. Assisting the clinical team to provide first aid and/or resuscitation in case of an emergencyat the practice
11. Screening for chronic disease and early signs of illness andproviding lifestyle counselling and health education
12. Providing holistic care for patients and develop on going support or care for patients
13. Performing clinical skills when required such as phlebotomy, IM injections to support nurses or healthcare assistants if necessary
14. Utilising best practice guidelines to promote evidence-based practice
15. Collecting data for audit purposes to contribute to practice quality targets and to ensure high quality and safe care is provided
16. Contributing to practice meetings, multidisciplinary meetings and teaching in-house.
17. Complying with mandatory training and Practice policies and procedures.
18. Participating in the Flu vaccination programme
19. Working within his/her skill set and seeking advice from colleagues within the practice in secondary carewhen at or beyond the limit of this skill set.
20. Keeping up to date with clinical practice guidance and evidence based knowledge by participating in continuing professional development
21. Assisting the Lead Physician Associate to provide clinical leadership and teaching for the student Physician Associates on their GP placement
22. Using a variety of different software including Microsoft office, PACS, Emis, accrux, econsult, Microsoft Teams and Cinapsis
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Snomed Coding patient data
Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
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.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
Reporting potential risks identified.