Physician Associate

About us

Delamere Medical Practice is Located in Stretford Manchester.

Delamere Medical Practice has a patient list size of 14,600.

Delamere's team consists of 5 GP partners, 4 salaried GPs, 4 GPA's, 2 Nurses, 2 First Contact Practitioners, 1 Physician Associate, 1 Podiatrist, 1 Care Co-ordinator, Reception Team, Medication Managers Team, Administration team, and Secretaries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• To deliver a high standard of patient care using advanced autonomous clinical skills with in-depth theoretical knowledge and evidence based practice working under the supervision of a GP.
• To manage a clinical caseload and deal with presenting patients needs in a primary care and secondary care setting.
• To provide clinical leadership where appropriate within the practice and support other members of the team to develop and maintain clinical skills appropriate to your role and expertise.
• Champion novel ways of working across the primary/secondary care interface.

Provide a Safeguarding role within the practice for adults and children and signpost when appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a Physician Associate.
• Experience in triage
• Experience of dealing with a wide range of clinical conditions

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose
• Organised, sympathetic, and flexible - Good time management, being able to prioritise work and work under pressure.
• Dementia Care
• Chaperone procedure
• Phlebotomy, requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly.
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma and Spirometry
• CHD
• Immunisations
• X-ray Interpretation
• ECG
• Safeguarding Adults and children
• Understand the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policies

Skills

Essential

• Clear and polite telephone manner
• Competent use of Office and Outlook
• Experience of using a clinical system.
• Effective time management, planning and management.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Work effectively independently as a team member
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
• Understanding of the audit process
• Understanding of clinical risk management
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Qualifications

Essential

• Post Graduate or Degree (Physicians Associate)

Desirable

• Membership of Physician Associates Managed Voluntary Register

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £43,742.00-£45,200.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking

Flexible Language Requirement:

• English not required

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Stretford, M32 0DF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: PA