Physicians Associate

Job summary

Hart Health Partnership is a large, newly merged practice in Fleet, Hampshire, serving a list of 28000 patients. We have a diverse multi-disciplinary team with 21 GPs, 8 Nurses, 8 paramedics as well as other allied colleagues such as First Contact Physiotherapists, a Health & Wellbeing Coach, and Pharmacy colleagues.

We are a training practice hosting not only junior doctors and medical students but also nurse undergraduates and we would encourage the post holder to become involved in this as part of the ethos of the practice. We pride ourselves on nurturing and supporting professional development and look forward to welcoming a new team member into our growing Hart Health family.

We both have excellent workforces to which we wish to add a Physicians Associate to support our Same-Day Urgent access team. You will be working alongside our 8 Paramedic Practitioners in a hub model of collaborative working, pre-triaging and work-flowing so patients are seen by the right clinician at the right time. Appointments will be a mix of phone calls, accurx (online triage) and face to face, as well as care navigating to other services and supporting and empowering the reception team to do this too.

Main duties of the job

The following are the core responsibilities of the Physicians Associate. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

• Pre-triage AccuRX online consultations and same day access
• Allocations/workflowing of patients to the correct clinician in the correct time frame
• Consulting with patients either F2F, by phone or by econsult
• Supporting the duty doctor with medical complexity
• Supporting reception with care navigation
• Good communication with the team and patient
• Good use of IT systems- EMIS/Docmail/econsult/AccuRx
• Special interests welcome and will be nurtured eg joint injections, minor surgery, training & leadership
• To participate in extended access
• Support mentoring and supervision of students/colleagues/other health professionals as appropriate within skill set.

About us

Job Type: 16 - 37.5 hours per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

• Application deadline: 31/08/2023