Physician Associate

Job Summary

Bounces Road Surgery is seeking to recruit a full‑time (37.5 hours a week) or part‑time proactive Physician Associate to deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based care. The role is supervised daily by a GP and works closely with the multidisciplinary team to improve access, continuity and outcomes for patients, and to see and treat a wide range of conditions.

Responsibilities

• Hold face‑to‑face, telephone and online consultations.
• Review and act on pathology and imaging results; communicate outcomes to patients and safety‑net appropriately.
• Contribute to long‑term condition management (e.g. hypertension, COPD, diabetes) using templates and protocols.
• Make referrals to community, secondary care and social prescribing services under agreed pathways.
• Document contemporaneously to a high standard; use practice protocols, QOF / IIF templates and coding accurately.
• Participate in significant‑event reviews, audits, QI projects and clinical meetings.
• Support patient education, health promotion and self‑management (including consultations when helpful).
• Support the quality improvement agenda as directed by the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF).
• Deliver QOF targets including atrial fibrillation, asthma, COPD, diabetes, CKD, heart failure, hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, mental health, rheumatoid arthritis and drug dependency.
• Deliver PCN IIF and DES targets related to hypertension, cardiovascular disease prevention and medicines optimisation.
• Ensure appropriate signposting to specialist services or the social prescriber and book patients with a GP when beyond scope.

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