Physician Associate

We are looking for motivated Physician Associates with a passion for Psychiatry. There are various posts on offer within South Yorkshire Trusts in areas such as:

- Acute Mental Health Teams
- Older Adult teams
- Liaison Psychiatry Teams
- Children’s Mental Health Teams
- Gender Identity Team
- Perinatal Psychiatry Teams

This will provide information about the Physician Associate in Mental Health Educational Programme, an opportunity to meet Physician Associates working in Mental Health at SHSC, and an opportunity to meet trainees and consultant psychiatrists working in areas who are recruiting Physician Associates.

These roles provides an opportunity for an enthusiastic Physician Associates to play a key role in the management of patients and to support the effective functioning of the multidisciplinary inpatient and community teams and contribute to wider service developments. The post holder will be accountable for ensuring that high quality patient care is delivered at all times. The Physician Associate will be supervised by a designated supervisor with regular meetings to support on-going development within the role. The Physician Associate will attend regular CPD sessions to support on-going development.

All Physician Associates are expected to register with the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR) run by the Royal College of Physicians and are expected to keep up to date with necessary professional development.

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

It’s important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

Physician Associate roles include, but not be limited to the following:

- Practice under the supervision of a supervising doctor
- Conduct initial psychiatric assessments, take patient histories and perform physical and mental state examinations
- Establish differential diagnoses & making appropriate treatment plans under appropriate supervision
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, handovers and other relevant clinical meetings
- Treat patient and their family members using a high degree of empathy and advanced communication skills
- Respond in a timely way to requests to assess or review patient’s physical and mental health
- Record clinical notes about patient contacts and provide advice to staff on further management / investigations / interventions
- Review and summarise patient notes for the purposes of contributing to discharge summaries and reports.
- Undertake assessment and assistance to ward staff in the event of medical emergencies
- Work collaboratively with the relevant team i.e. Psychiatrists, Junior Doctors, Senior Nurses, Nursing Staff, Support Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists to ensure good working relationships
- Liaise with primary care and relevant secondary health care providers relating to a patient’s care or treatment
- Liaise with community teams about a patient’s on-going care and treatment needs
- Support health promotion activities including those relating to smoking, drugs and alcohol
- Provide psycho-educational support to patients and carers / families
- Support proactive screening and interventions with regard to the physical health of patients
- Liaise with pharmacy regarding issues relating to medication
- Contribute to the development of physical health competencies in mental health staff in a range of settings
- Carry out procedures which will include (but not be limited to): - ECG
- Venepuncture
- IV cannulation
- Interpretation of blood results
- Mental state examination
- Cognitive assessment