Job summary
Modality Partnership Hull Division has a full-time vacancy for a Physician Associate (PA). The postholder will join our existing PAs who provide exceptional clinical care to patients. The postholder will be part of the team, providing focussed care in areas including learning disabilities, care homes and mental health alongside our multi-disciplinary workforce. The post holder will be passionate about patient care, and working across Hull Division, you will be enthusiastic and innovative in the way care is delivered.
This job is suitable for individuals who want to benefit from a tailored development pathway of clinical support and supervision, and benefit from the experience of our existing PAs who are committed to make real changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care.
The job is not suitable to people who are not resilient to working in a fast-paced environment, working flexibly in line with ever changing demands in Primary Care and the wider NHS.
As an employee with us you can benefit from:
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and benefits scheme
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Education and career pathways
Main duties of the job
The role is a patient
centred role that requires qualified and dedicated PAs to work as part of a
multidisciplinary clinical team to participate in all treatment and
preventative healthcare services in the practice as delegated and agreed by
supervising clinician(s).
The post is
suitable for those who have undertaken their PA postgraduate training though
are due to sit the national PA exam, or who are awaiting their national PA exam
results; in which case the role of Associate practitioner is relevant in this
instance and will be superseded by the PA role on achieving the PA
qualification.
The postholder
will need to confidently evidence key skills such as excellent verbal and
written communication skills, substantial experience working as a PA or a role
in which clinical skills formed part of their role in primary care or similar. Working
collaboratively with local divisions (including Divisional Boards) and the wider
clinical team is essential to promote and deliver innovative ways of working to
meet the strategic aims of the organisation.
The role is not
a regular PA position where decisions made are purely for the practice; the PA
role for Modality requires
innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholder will be required to
work resourcefully as part of the wider team and will help to deliver dedicated
care and support for the patients of the wider Modality Hull Division.
About us
We are one of
the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and
with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique,
we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the
implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the
organisation. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of skills to make
sustainable changes within Primary Care.
We are
committed to developing our people through education and career pathways and
who align to our organisational values of CARE.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this job if you have a passion for contributing to the clinical development of primary care by
developing a special interest and using the audit cycle as a means of
evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, you will implement
improvements where required. You will be part of the Modality Hull division where you will
be part of multidisciplinary team of clinical members who will provide support
where it is needed. You will input to,
and work on key decisions that shape the way in which we deliver patient care,
and influence service improvement.
You may not enjoy this job if you are seeking a job that
purely focuses on seeing patients face to face, you prefer the status quo and
are comfortable with more traditional ways of working in general practice.
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL APPLICANTS INVITED TO ATTEND AN INTERVIEW WILL NEED TO PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this job if you have a passion for contributing to the clinical development of primary care by
developing a special interest and using the audit cycle as a means of
evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, you will implement
improvements where required. You will be part of the Modality Hull division where you will
be part of multidisciplinary team of clinical members who will provide support
where it is needed. You will input to,
and work on key decisions that shape the way in which we deliver patient care,
and influence service improvement.
You may not enjoy this job if you are seeking a job that
purely focuses on seeing patients face to face, you prefer the status quo and
are comfortable with more traditional ways of working in general practice.
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL APPLICANTS INVITED TO ATTEND AN INTERVIEW WILL NEED TO PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma qualified via UK programme or equivalent
- Pass in national PA examination
- Membership of PA MVR or equivalent /replacement organisation
Desirable
- Membership of professional body UKAPA or equivalent / replacement organisation
Skills
Essential
- Communication skills
- Negotiating and conflict management skills
- Change management
- Resource management
- Good problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to manage workload effectively
- Dynamic / able to use own initiative
- IT literate
- Team player / ability to liaise effectively with colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Proficient in the use of the computer and the clinical system provided (SystmOne / EMIS)
- Ability to teach others
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical practice skills
- Management of patients with complex needs
- Clinical examination skills
- Accountability of own role
- Local and national health policy
- Wider health economy
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues
- Able to identify determinates on health in the area
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
Experience
Essential
- A high standard of clinical skills and experience of using these skills in different situations
- Ability to liaise effectively with hospitals and other outside agencies
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma qualified via UK programme or equivalent
- Pass in national PA examination
- Membership of PA MVR or equivalent /replacement organisation
Desirable
- Membership of professional body UKAPA or equivalent / replacement organisation
Skills
Essential
- Communication skills
- Negotiating and conflict management skills
- Change management
- Resource management
- Good problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to manage workload effectively
- Dynamic / able to use own initiative
- IT literate
- Team player / ability to liaise effectively with colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Proficient in the use of the computer and the clinical system provided (SystmOne / EMIS)
- Ability to teach others
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical practice skills
- Management of patients with complex needs
- Clinical examination skills
- Accountability of own role
- Local and national health policy
- Wider health economy
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues
- Able to identify determinates on health in the area
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
Experience
Essential
- A high standard of clinical skills and experience of using these skills in different situations
- Ability to liaise effectively with hospitals and other outside agencies
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).
Additional information
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).
