Physician Associate
4 months ago
**Job Summary**
As a physician associate working in primary care you will be involved with initial assessment; taking medical histories; examining patients; initiating and interpreting investigations as appropriate; developing management plans in consultation with the patients; visiting patients in their home for assessment or treatment; reviewing incoming clinical documentation; reviewing daily pathology test results; supporting with medication management and queries (within the scope of practice); assisting with vaccination programmes. Six months’ probation period.
**Responsibilities**:
**Clinical**:
- Provide the first point of contact for clinical queries from practice telephonists/receptionists
- Be responsible for telephone and face to face triaging
- Undertake urgent/same day/duty/out-of-hours clinics
- Undertake home visits
- Assisting with vaccination programmes during out-of-hours and weekends
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
- Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly
- Assess, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs
- Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug
- and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan
- Initiate and interpret tests and investigations as appropriate
- Initiate a management plan to include medication, assess for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice
- Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments
- Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medicate on regimens, side-effects and interactions
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
- Signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway
- Record accurate data in the patient records to an agreed standard
- Collaborate with other members of the Primary Health Care Team including doctors, nurses and other AHPs, accepting referrals and referring to them for specialist care
- Referral to and liaison with multi-professional teams, including social care services and secondary care providers, within locally agreed healthcare pathways
- Ensure a high standard of clinical practice is maintained by ensuring care is based on current best practice, embarking upon further training if required and continuing to update clinical knowledge
- Administration of vaccines
- Assisting in completing Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) targets
- Administrative duties such as Docman and 111 reports
**Quality Requirements**
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Be aware of data protection (GDPR) and confidentiality issues particularly within a GP surgery
- Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information
- Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
- Keep up to date with current evidence-based practice
- Participate in research and utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
- Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
- Assist in the development and implementation of policies and procedures
- To attend and participate in Significant Event Audits
- To attend the practice meetings
- To work within the GMC code of professional practice and Scope of professional conduct, H&S at work Act 1974, Data Protection Act 1984 and Access to Health Records 1990
- Complete all mandatory training
- Engage with appraisal process
**Health and Safety**
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, as an employee, you must take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and for other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work. The Ac
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