Physician Associate

**Duties and Responsibilities**: - Provide first point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems within the General Practice environment/Acute Response Team. 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. - Provide first point of contact care for patients who are newly admitted or recently discharged to a Care Home. To manage weekly ward rounds, with the support of an experienced Multidisciplinary Team of professionals, this includes acute and chronic disease management.

Carrying out holistic assessments using a custom built, fit for purpose Geriatric Assessment template, and identifying a person’s care and support needs, exploring options to meet these within a single Personalised Care and Support Plan (PCSP). - Engage with relatives and carers to ensure a truly personalised and proactive approach to care. - Analyse and action diagnostic test results when needed. - Work within the Multi-Disciplinary Team to identify and manage a caseload of patients and where required/appropriate, refer individuals onwards to other health professionals.
- Work within the Multi-Disciplinary Team to evaluate interventions and follow up within an appropriate timeframe. Checking care received and documenting accordingly. - Develop, share, and update Personalised Care and Support Plans. - Provide health/disease promotion and prevention advice.
- Support individuals to understand their level of knowledge, skills and confidence (their “Activation” level) when engaging with their health and wellbeing. - Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice within the role. - Partake in clinical audits, Significant Event reviews and other analysis tasks. - Work to a professional code of ethics and provide excellent clinical care.
- Provide varied support to other members of the team including clinical and non-clinical members. - Show flexibility in your role particularly in light of ever-changing and fast paced healthcare environment. For the full job Description please see attached