Job responsibilities
We
are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic Physicians Associate, To provide safe
and evidence based clinical care to patients, working alongside others in the
clinical team including GPs, Practice Nurses and to include clinical
assessment, history taking, diagnosis, assessment, treatment and evaluation of
care. The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the decision making
process and they will work with the entire clinical team to meet the needs of
patients. The post holder will work with the supervision and support of GPs and
others as appropriate, implementing agreed management plans and following
approved protocols where necessary.
Job Description:
To undertake
clinical sessions consisting of either telephone triage appointments, face to
face appointments or both.
To conduct home
visits, both for acute and chronic presentations
To participate in
the triage and review of incoming pathology results and review of clinical
letters
To complete medical
reports to include insurance reports, occupational health and DVLA
To act
appropriately upon alerts including QOF, medicines management, local enhanced
services and reminders during a consultation
To undertake
clinical sessions during extended hours in accordance with contractual terms
and the access needs of the practice population
To support the duty
doctor by undertaking telephone triage, and provide follow up consultations for
patients as required
Respond to medical
problems presented by patients, including history taking and examination,
organising appropriate referral for investigation and treatment and ensuring
appropriate follow-up where required
Provide clear,
confident explanations to patients about their clinical management plan, and
ensuring that the plan is followed
Develop
consultation skills to enable shared patient practitioner decisions
Justify the choice
of medication and be able to understand the impact of comorbidities and other
medications, poly-pharmacy on agent choice and prognosis
Provide appropriate
preventative health care information and advice
Provide medical
support as required to patients referred by nursing staff
Adhere to the
practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines
Ensure the practice
EPS (electronic prescription rate, paperless prescription generation) is
maximised
Under supervision
of the GPs, make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting
problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers
within the practice
Record clear and
contemporaneous consultation notes on the EMIS system and to agreed standards
Collect data for
audit purposes and participate in audit and protocol review as required
Miscellaneous:
Engaging in appropriate educational and
audit activity - as defined by the Royal
College
of Physicians Faculty of Physician Associates, in order to maintain clinical
competence and performance, including 50 hours of annual CPD
Participate in an annual appraisal
Participate in teaching and training of
medical, nursing, and physician associate students and any other students as
required in future
Participate in and support other staff in
ensuring the practice meets all required
targets
Supporting the practice staff and
responding to requests for advice and assistance from the practice reception,
secretarial and nursing staff
Attend MDT, clinical and practice meetings
as required
Provide additional enhanced services that
meet the needs of the practices patient population and maximise the income
streams to the practice
Undertake additional training where
necessary to provide these enhanced services
Awareness of and compliance with all
relevant practice policies/guidelines
Meet timescales/deadlines for audits and
written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and
receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced
Services
returns, annual QOF audit etc.)
Confidentiality:
Whilst
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. All such information from any source is to be
regarded as strictly confidential.
Data Protection:
You
must not at any time use the personal data held by the organisation for a
purpose
not
described in the Register entry or disclose such data to a third party. If you
are in
any
doubt regarding what you should or should not do in connection with the Data
Protection Act then you must contact your line manager or appropriate senior
lead at
the
time.
Flexibility:
This
job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post-holder will be
expected
to
adopt a flexible attitude towards the duties outlined which may be subject to
amendment at any time in consultation with the post-holder and in line with the
needs of the organisations in which it works. The post holder may be required
to fulfil other duties, as agreed with the PCN CDs, Business Manager, Partners
and/or Practice Managers.
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.
Using appropriate infection control
procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will
support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues,
to include:
Acting in a way that recognizes the
importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent
with Practice & PCN procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to
and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances,
feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional
Development:
The post-holder will participate
in any training programme implemented by the Practice/PCN 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
This list of
responsibilities is not exhaustive
