Physician Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an additional Physician Associate with a passion for developing a career in primary care to join our multidisciplinary team at the South Camden PCN.

The post holder will:

· Undertake face to face, telephone, video and online consultations (eConsults)

· Provide first point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems - utilising history taking, physical examinations, problem solving and clinical decision-making skills - to establish a working diagnosis and management plan

· Manage patients with long term conditions.

· Where required by the PCN and following appropriate training, offer specialised clinics following appropriate training including but not limited to family planning, cervical smear, baby checks, COPD, asthma, diabetes and anticoagulation

· Support the clinical team with safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies

· Utilise local and national clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice

· Be able to justify choices of medication and be able to understand the impact of comorbidities and other medications when prescribing

· Provide health/disease promotion and prevention advice to patients

· Deliver integrated patient centred care through appropriate working with the wider primary care network multi-disciplinary team and social care networks

· Undertake home visits and participate in duty rotas

· Undertake consultations during extended hours (i.e. outside the core hours of Monday to Friday 8am to 6:30pm) in accordance with the access needs of the network

· Participate in clinical audits, significant event reviews and other research and analysis tasks

· Record clear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to agreed standards

· Collect data for audit purposes

· Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development and a Personal Development Plan.

· Undertake 50 hours of continuing medical education (CPD) every year. A minimum of 25 hours must be in accredited direct learning programmes.

· Take the UK PA National Re-certification Examination every six years, as required for Physician Associates.

· Attend regular educational meetings organised by the practice to update clinical knowledge, practice policy and guidelines and disseminate other useful information relevant to the provision of adequate healthcare for patients.

The duties of this post are a guide to the range of responsibilities that may be required. These may change from time to time to meet the needs of the service and/or the development needs of the post holder. This job description will be revised regularly to take account of changes within the organisational structure and the practice business plan

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree at 2:1 level or above and Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in Physician Associate from an accredited University Current and valid certification or re-certification by the Physician Associate National Examination. Member of Faculty of Physician Associates.

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development activities Member of Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register

Experience

Essential

• Ability to work cohesively within the multi-disciplinary team. Ability to adhere to regulations as well as work flexibly to meet the needs of the Practice. Clinical examination skills Developing care plans with patients and carers Management of patients with common acute medical conditions Experience of managing GP paperwork including insurance reports Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Desirable

• Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) Experience of working in General Practice

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Holborn Medical Centre

Address

64-66 Lamb's Conduit Street

Camden

London

WC1N 3NA

Employer's website

https://www.holbornmedicalcentre.com/ (Opens in a new tab)