Physicians Associate

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.

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