Job summary
We are looking for a Physician Associate to join our team, the role will require you to participate in all aspects of patient care through knowledge gained from your PA training. You will be working as part of an allied healthcare professional team including Pharmacists and Healthcare Assistants and will be supported and supervised by a GP.
Main duties of the job
Under supervision of the GP in the practice, the post holder will provide care for the presenting patient from focused history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. The postholder will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the service. The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the decision making process.
They will work collaboratively with the healthcare team to meet the needs of the patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. The post holder will provide a holistic and clinical service, with support and supervision of GPs, implementing agreed management plans and following approved protocols as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under supervision of a GP, you will be required to:
- Work clinical sessions consisting of either telephone triage appointments, face to face appointments or both
- Conduct home visits (acute (on the day) and chronic (holistic assessments)
- Triage incoming pathology results and documents
- Complete medical reports such as insurance, occupational health and DVLA
- Act upon alerts (e.g. QOF, local enhanced services etc.) and reminders during a consultation.
- Provide clinical services required (within own competencies).
- Undertake surgeries during extended hours in accordance with the access needs of the practice population and the contractual obligation of the practice
- Provide cross cover, where necessary, to other PCN practices (including telephone triage, on site clinics and home visits)
- Respond to medical problems presented by patients, including history taking and examination
- Provide confidence to supervising GP in your findings and in you using your clinical findings to justify the differential diagnosis
- Organise investigation, treatment and referral where appropriate.
- Be confident in explaining to patients their clinical management plan and able to modify plan according to age and comorbidity.
- Develop consultation skills to enable shared patient practitioner decision
- Be able to justify choice of medication. Able to understand the impact of comorbidities and other medications, poly-pharmacy) on agent choice and prognosis
- Provide appropriate preventative health care 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
- Record clear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to agreed standards
- Collect data for audit purposes
- Triage and treat or refer patients who want to see a GP/ACP.
Person Specification
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a physician associate
- Experience in triage
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Diploma/Master in Physician Associate from an accredited UK University
- Registration with the UK Managed Voluntary Registry for Physician Associates
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.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 24/06/2025