Physician Associate

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic Physician Associates to join the Nexus team to further develop our Physician Associate (PA) team. You will be based at one of our 9 practice sites in north Southwark working in a multidisciplinary primary care team looking after the practice patient list. Our patient population is varied reflecting the diverse communities of Southwark and inner London with a mix of students, young families, different ethnic groups, asylum seekers and professionals.

We have had 3 years experience of training preceptor PAs and working with PAs in our team. We are now looking to expand that group with further preceptorship and more experienced Physician Associate posts and opportunities for leadership and career development.

We currently employ 9 Physician Associates and are looking to expand our team to build on our current success.

Main duties of the job

Your working week

Fulltime equates to 8 sessions (4days)

Clinical sessions of 14 x 15-minute appointments with mix of face to face, telephone consultations and e-consultations or as acute duty clinicians

Experienced PAs have the option to join the access hub as triage clinicians

1-2 sessions per week remote working - e-consultations in our e-hub and where applicable telephone consultations

Fortnightly session for continuing professional development pro rata in line with Nexus strategy and PDP with the view to develop special interests within Nexus.

Weekly site team meeting to discuss clinical cases, learning events and organisational developments.

Monthly PA Learning group

Teaching and Supervising Opportunities of PA Students (St Georges) PA Preceptors and Nurse Practitioners

About us

Nexus was formed in 2016 with the merging of 4 well established training practices in north Southwark, with a 5th practice joined in 2017. We look after a practice population of 76,000 patients spread across our 9 sites. The overall aim of Nexus Health Group is to provide a clinically excellent service to our patients, recognising the needs of our local population and to provide a learning and developmental environment for our staff. Our clinical approach is based on a foundation of clinical excellence, clinical leadership and clinical governance.

We are based on 9 sites across north Southwark all geographically close and well served by local transport hubs at London Bridge, Elephant & Castle and Canada Water. We share one patient list but our patients are attached to a specific site and are looked after by the site based teams which include GPs, Nurses, Physicians Associates, Paramedics, ANPs and Pharmacists. These site-based teams are supported by centralised HR, IT, Clinical Administration and the Senior Management Team.

All our sites function as traditional practices with a Site Manager and GP partners working in the practice. All sites are involved in GP training and increasingly training the wider AHP team such as nurses and PAs. Nexus works closely with the local PCN with 2 partners as Clinical Directors. As an at scale provider there are many opportunities to develop areas of interest and leadership within Nexus and the wider PCN