Job Description

The East Lancashire Alliance is currently looking to recruit a Physician Associate on behalf of the Hyndburn Central PCN.

Candidates need to be aware if successful they will be sent an invitation via NHS jobs.
Main duties of the job

In this exciting and challenging role, you will: Provide primary support to general practice by assessing, managing and treating patients of all ages with a variety of acute, undifferentiated and chronic conditions.

Be confident, in not only dealing with patients face to face, but also in assessing and treating them via telephone/video consultations.

Be responsible for making referrals to specialist services, review and act on laboratory and Imaging results.

Carry out home visits or visit nursing and residential homes.

Offer specialised clinics, following appropriate training, including (but not exclusively) COPD, asthma, and diabetes

Make a significant contribution towards each practice meeting their clinical targets and objectives.

Work very closely with Multidisciplinary Teams in the Borough and the Primary Care teams within each Practice.

Assist in the teaching and supervision of undergraduate medical students.
About us

The East Lancashire Alliance is a network of 48 GP practices covering a population of over 390,000 patients across East Lancashire. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with and respected at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable. The Alliance are proud to represent our member practices and to champion our Primary Care Partners, by working with local general practice and other system partners in the provision of patient centred, local healthcare services.

Each practice has a close-knit team of staff who collectively seek to improve the health of their patient populations.

East Lancashire is one of the world\'s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside, to the heart of the vibrant inner Towns and Villages with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Primary Duties and Areas of ResponsibilityThe following are the core responsibilities of the Physician Associate role. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels. The Physician Associate will work within their scope of clinical practice and: Work clinical sessions consisting of either telephone triage, face to face, video or e-Consulting appointments or all four.

Participate in all treatment and preventative healthcare services in the Practice as delegated and agreed by the supervising GP(s). Provide direct clinical care to patients using established clinical guidelines.

Perform specialised diagnostic physical exams and treatment procedures.

Instruct and educate patients in preventative health care.

Be confident in explaining to patients their clinical management plan and be able to modify that plan according to their age and co-morbidities.

Identify, signpost or refer patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health.

Give confidence to the supervising GP in your use of your clinical findings to justify the differential diagnosis.

Organise onward investigation, treatment and referral where appropriate.

Ensure continuity of care, arranging follow-up consultations or reviews as necessary.

Provide appropriate preventative health care and advice.

Attend regular practice clinical meetings.

Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.

Under supervision of the GPs in the practice, make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.

Record clear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to agreed standards.

Review and act on Laboratory results and Clinical communication from Hospitals and other providers.

Develop consultation skills to enable shared patient and practitioner decision-making.

Recognise assess and refer where appropriate patients presenting with mental health problems.

Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.

Be able to justify choice of medication, and support patients in the use of their prescribed medication (within own scope of practice).

Be able to understand the impact of comorbidities and other medications and poly-pharmacy.

Deliver integrated patient centred-care through appropriate working with the wider primary care multi-disciplinary team and social care networks.

Conduct home visits and Care Home visits (following adequate training).

Act on alerts (e.g. QOF, local enhanced services etc.) and reminders during a consultation.

Assist the practices in achieving their clinical targets and objectives in QOF, Local enhanced services etc.For more information please see the attached job description

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Mandatory registration with the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR)
• Postgraduate medical training in Physician Associate Studies (UK)

Other
Essential

• Self-Motivation
• Adaptable
• Immunisation status

Desirable

• Full Driving Licence

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working as a physician associate
• Ability to Triage
• Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
• Able to work under supervision of a Doctor.
• Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose
• Wound care
• Chaperone procedure
• 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
• Good IT Skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Work effectively and independently as a Team member
• Demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• ECGs
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• Spirometry
• CHD
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Good IT Skills
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors when appropriate
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Produce timely and informative reports
• Gain acceptance for Recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course action where there may be significant barriers.
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Problem solver with the ability to process and interpret information accurately and effectively.
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilise resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Employer details
Employer name

East Lancashire Alliance
Address

Acorn Centre

421 Blackburn Road

Accrington

Lancashire

BB5 1RT

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