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Physician Associate

East of England, East of England

Permanent

£46,156

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Physician Associate

Job summary

Are you an experienced Physicians Associate wanting to make a difference to the health of our patients in the PCN network? You will contribute to an exciting programme of transformation as we deliver our ambition to provide an improved person-centred, co-ordinated patient care system?

The Directed Enhanced Service contract for PCNs provides new and exciting opportunities for experienced physician associates to work in a new environment and in different ways. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop clinical skills in a positive and excellence-focused environment.Rugby Health has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Physicians Associate to join the PCN.

Main duties of the job

The responsibilities will include direct patient contact through assessment, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment. The post-holder will provide holistic clinical services with support from the multi-disciplinary team and will have a key role in supporting the delivery of PCN contracted services.

The Physicians Associate will work within their scope of clinical practice and provide first point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, utilising history-taking, physical examinations and clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan in partnership with the patient.

Working to a professional code of ethics you will be able to demonstrate flexibility in the role, and have a calm and caring attitude towards patients.

About us

Rugby Health is a private company limited by shares, wholly owned by all the Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent 12 GP practice shareholders and cover over 119,000 patients. We describe our work as building on the core of current primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. Our aim is to move from reactively providing appointments to proactively caring for the people and communities we serve.

Overview of the network

Since the NHS was created in 1948, the population has grown and people are living longer. Many people are living with long term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, or suffer with mental health issues and may need to access their local health services more often. To meet these needs, practices have begun working together and with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local areas in primary care networks.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participate in all treatment and preventative healthcare services within the PCN as delegated and agreed by the Operations Director
Provide first point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, utilising history-taking, physical examinations and clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan in partnership with the patient (and their carers where applicable).
Undertake face to face, telephone and online consultations for emergency or routine problems, as determined by the Practice, including management of patients with long-term conditions. Participate in all treatment and preventative healthcare services in the Practice as delegated and agreed by the supervising GP(s).
Perform diagnostic physical examinations and treatment.
Identify, signpost or refer patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health.
Organise onward investigation, treatment and referral where appropriate.
Ensure continuity of care, arranging follow-up consultations or reviews as necessary
Attend regular practice clinical meetings.
Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
Under supervision of the GPs in the practice, make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the Organisation.
Record clear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to an agreed standard.
Review and act on laboratory results and clinical communication from Hospitals and other providers.
Recognise, assess and refer where appropriate patients presenting with mental health problems.
Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
Be able to justify choice of medication, and support patients in the use of their prescribed medication (within own scope of practice).
Be able to understand the impact of comorbidities, other medications and poly-pharmacy.
Deliver integrated patient centred care through appropriate working with the wider primary care multi-disciplinary team and social care networks.
Conduct home visits and Care Home visits (following adequate training).
Act on alerts (e.g. QOF, local enhanced services etc.) and reminders during a consultation.
Assist the practices in achieving their clinical targets and objectives in QOF, Local enhanced services etc.
Participate in continuing professional development opportunities and keep up to date with evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of your role, meeting clinical governance guidelines for continuing professional development (CPD).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate degree or equivalent in Physician Associate Studies from an accredited PA programme
Member of the Faculty of Physician Associates at the RCP, which includes UK Physician Associate Registration
Current and valid certification or recertification by the UK Physician Associate National Examination

Values and Attitudes

Essential

High levels of integrity and loyalty
Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion at all times.
Ability to work under pressure

Other Requirements

Essential

Full license holder with access to transport, as the post will require travelling to practices
Clear vision of role and commitment to working in Primary Care

Experience

Essential

Evidence post-graduate clinical experience
Experience of working with patients with complex needs
Experience of working across agency boundaries and in local partnerships
In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
Understand the clinical governance and its implications for services

Desirable

Experience of working in a primary care setting
Experience of computer based clinical systems (EMIS, Vision)
Knowledge of research and audit methods
Experience of contract monitoring

Skills and Attributes

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with a diverse range of people.
Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
Good time management skills, able to prioritise and organise work load for best effect.
High levels of integrity and loyalty
Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion at all times.
Ability to work under pressure

Desirable

Able to collect, store and analyse data for service evaluation purposes

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.