Physician Associate - Bedford, United Kingdom - Primary Care Careers

Primary Care Careers

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Bedford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About the Role:

We are also looking for a physician associate to work pro-actively as part of the care home team.

The role incorporates reviewing the health of care home residents in order to identify early warning signs that may otherwise lead to deteriorations in health, and managing their long-term conditions.

In addition, the post holder will provide an early response to requests for medical support from care homes.

The post holder will be responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment and referral of care home patients under the supervision of a doctor.

This will be within the levels of your competence and agreed protocols.

The post holder will work alongside a Care Co-ordinator for care homes in order to ensure that residents' personalised care and support plans (PCSPs) are reviewed regularly and acted upon.

In both roles you will be able to take advantage of a variety of support offers throughout your career and will be supported by the ICB Physician Associate Workforce Lead who can provide advice and support.

There is also a peer support network for Physician Associates.

You will also be able to access a variety of courses and education through the fully funded CPD programme as well as being able to access leadership development programmes such as the CARE Programme.

The CARE Programme is a learning and development programme that empowers primary care colleagues to play a key role in their PCN and to shape services based on population health needs and to strengthen their leadership.

Please see the attached job/person spec attached for full details.

Essential qualifications are listed below:

Postgraduate Diploma/Master in Physician Associate from an accredited UK University
Bachelor Degree in Life Science / Biomedical / Nursing or Allied Health Science
Member of Faculty of Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR)
Valid national certification and recertification every six years stipulated by PAMVR

About Us:

Four practices in east Bedford stand together as East Bedford Primary Care Network jointly delivering services that improve outcomes for our combined population of 50,000 registered patients.

As a Primary Care Network (PCN) our aim is to bring together local health and care organisations (including social care, the voluntary sector and patient groups) to work collaboratively to deliver more joined up, patient-centred services

As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, East Bedford PCN is working collaboratively with providers and patients to co-produce solutions to the challenges we face and maximise the impact of our services on quality and outcomes of patient care.

The practices we cover are Putnoe Medical Centre, Linden Road Surgery, London Road Surgery and Cauldwell Medical Practice.

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