Job summary
We are looking for a Physicians associate to develop a high standard of patient care using autonomous clinical skills with in-depth knowledge and evidence based practice working under the supervision of a GP.
Manage a clinical caseload and deal with an undifferentiated patient presentation within a primary care setting.
Provide support to other members of the team and maintain clinical skills appropriate to the role and expertise.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Physician Associates to join the clinical team. Woodseats Medical Centre has been actively involved in PA training for many years and take students on placement from both Sheffield Universities. There are two PA educators and National PA OSCE Examiners within the practice. This gives the practice a great deal of understanding of the PA role whether you are a newly qualified or more experienced practitioner so we can provide efficient ongoing supervision and training to ensure development of the role.
The PA role within Woodseats Medical Centre would be to provide first rate primary care medicine to the patients within our practice.
About us
Woodseats Medical Centre is a very busy General Practitioners based in Sheffield 8. We are a forward thinking, friendly, training practice, with a growing list size that is currently almost 12,000 patients. Our clinical team compromises of 12 GP's and one Physicians Associate along with an extensive Nursing and HCA team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under supervision of a GP the post-holder will be required to:
- Undertake clinical sessions for acute or routine problems including the management of long term conditions including:
- Face to face appointments
- Telephone appointments including telephone triage
- Home visits
- Provide first point of contact for patients presenting with undifferentiated undiagnosed problems, utilising history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan working in partnership with patients
- Assess and examine patients, initiate and interpret investigations and recommend treatment, within the scope of a PAs practice. Discuss results and implications of laboratory investigations with patients
- Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy in assessing, managing and planning care for patients and, where appropriate, their families with an emphasis on self-care and prevention
- Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice
- Triage incoming pathology results and documents
- Refer patients directly to other services or agencies using appropriate referral pathways
- Ensure safe handover of care within and outside the practice as appropriate
- Work directly with members of the practice and support integrated patient-centred care through appropriate working with the wider primary health and social care networks
- Complete medical reports such as insurance, occupational health and DVLA
- Act upon alerts (e.g. QOF, local enhanced services etc.) and reminders during a consultation
- Be confident in explaining to patients their clinical management plan and able to modify plan according to age and comorbidity
- Develop consultation skills to enable shared patient practitioner decision
- Provide appropriate preventative health care and advice
- Record clear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to agreed standards
- Collect data for audit purposes
- Undertake any other duties that may be required and are consistent with the responsibility and grade of this post
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under supervision of a GP the post-holder will be required to:
- Undertake clinical sessions for acute or routine problems including the management of long term conditions including:
- Face to face appointments
- Telephone appointments including telephone triage
- Home visits
- Provide first point of contact for patients presenting with undifferentiated undiagnosed problems, utilising history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan working in partnership with patients
- Assess and examine patients, initiate and interpret investigations and recommend treatment, within the scope of a PAs practice. Discuss results and implications of laboratory investigations with patients
- Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy in assessing, managing and planning care for patients and, where appropriate, their families with an emphasis on self-care and prevention
- Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice
- Triage incoming pathology results and documents
- Refer patients directly to other services or agencies using appropriate referral pathways
- Ensure safe handover of care within and outside the practice as appropriate
- Work directly with members of the practice and support integrated patient-centred care through appropriate working with the wider primary health and social care networks
- Complete medical reports such as insurance, occupational health and DVLA
- Act upon alerts (e.g. QOF, local enhanced services etc.) and reminders during a consultation
- Be confident in explaining to patients their clinical management plan and able to modify plan according to age and comorbidity
- Develop consultation skills to enable shared patient practitioner decision
- Provide appropriate preventative health care and advice
- Record clear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to agreed standards
- Collect data for audit purposes
- Undertake any other duties that may be required and are consistent with the responsibility and grade of this post
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of professional development
Desirable
- Experience in triage
- Experience of dealing with patients with undifferentiated
- and undiagnosed conditions
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Work in General Practice
- Experience in audits
- Evidence of service development
Qualifications
Essential
- PG Dip/MSc in Physician Associate studies from a UK
- training programme or recognised equivalent.
- Current and valid certification or re-certification by the
- Physician Associate National Examination Board.
- Member of the Faculty of Physician Associates at the
- RCP, which includes registration on the UK Physician
- Associate Register (the PA Managed Voluntary Register)
- until such time that statutory regulation of PAs is
- achieve
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of professional development
Desirable
- Experience in triage
- Experience of dealing with patients with undifferentiated
- and undiagnosed conditions
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Work in General Practice
- Experience in audits
- Evidence of service development
Qualifications
Essential
- PG Dip/MSc in Physician Associate studies from a UK
- training programme or recognised equivalent.
- Current and valid certification or re-certification by the
- Physician Associate National Examination Board.
- Member of the Faculty of Physician Associates at the
- RCP, which includes registration on the UK Physician
- Associate Register (the PA Managed Voluntary Register)
- until such time that statutory regulation of PAs is
- achieve
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
