Physician Associate (PA)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participate in all treatment and preventative healthcare services in the Practice as delegated and agreed by the supervising GP(s) in accordance with the Practices appointment system which includes e-consults. Provide direct clinical care to patients using established clinical guidelines. Consult and refer patients to physicians, medical specialists and other health professionals as appropriate. Interview patients, take medical histories, perform physical examinations, analyse, diagnose and explain medical problems during surgery consultations and home visits. Recommend and explain appropriate diagnostic tests and treatment. Request and interpret results of laboratory investigations when necessary. Instruct and educate patients in preventative health care. Conduct telephone consultations, video consultations and face to face consultations which may involve discussing the result and implications of laboratory investigations with patients as well as dealing appropriately with routine and emergency complaints. Fully document and code all aspects of patient care and complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes, linking problems where appropriate. Contribute to the clinical development of the Practice by developing a special interest and to help establish appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions, ensuring compliance with NSF guidelines. Ensure that the robust system in place for maintaining clinical governance. Work with mutli-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the broader healthcare community, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care. Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery. Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient / family-centred strategies to address them. Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services (Full JD is attached)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant qualification is required for the post

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).

Employer details

Employer name

St.Katharine Docks Practice

Address

12/14 Nightingale House

50 Thomas More Street

London

E1W 1UA

Employer's website

https://www.stkatharinedocks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)