Physicians Associate

The Physicians Associate will support the practice by working collaboratively with the healthcare and multidisciplinary team alongside GPs, physicians, nurses, doctors and registrars. As the Physician Associate you will highlight your wide range of skills including care planning, admin, managing result and safe decision making. The role plays a pivotal part in the community by providing care for primary care patients from initial history taking and clinical assessments through to the diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. The successful candidate will also be encouraged to take part in audits and research and support the delivery of policy and procedures., You will be required to have undertaken postgraduate training and have current certification of Physician Associate National Exam or Nationational Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Physician associates are dependent practitioners but can work autonomously with appropriate support. However, you will need to stay within the limits of your scope of practice and know when to refer to doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Lion Health is a GP Surgery based in Stourbridge that provides a caring, compassionate and considerate service to 30,000 patients within the surrounding area. We offer a supportive caring environment to the successful candidate which includes a high level of quality clinical support and development through both formal and informal mechanisms. This includes access to a supporting GP on a daily basis, regular group Allied Healthcare Team meetings and Clinical Governance meetings in addition to 1-2-1 conversations/meetings. All of this support is to assist you in delivering excellent high quality patient care as well as developing your skills and knowledge in your career progression.