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Working as a Physician Associate within the multi-disciplinary team in medicine at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, the post holder will work to offer high quality care to our patients.

• Under the management of the Consultant, undertake patient consultations, assessments, clinical examinations, order appropriate investigations and interpret investigation findings
• Form a list of differential diagnoses, recommend management/treatment, has the freedom to act with in sphere of competence as a part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Communicate effectively to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information to patients, families/carers, clinicians and any health and social care professional. To ensure delivery of safer care.
• Manage complex information and or situations requiring analysis, interpretation to assess risk, including clinical reasoning.
• Manage and prioritise workload, liaising with team members and patients to ensure safe delivery of care.
• As part of a multi-disciplinary team, support the delivery of care in a range of settings, which may include hospital inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, community clinics, General Practice (GP) surgeries, urgent care facilities, nursing homes, and conducting home visits where required
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, support and contribute to timely discharge planning where appropriate

At Airedale we are passionate about our population and meeting its needs. We believe in offering a positive environment for our people as key to delivering that.

We are committed to our core values and behaviours, be a diverse and inclusive employer where a just and learning culture is at its heart.

• Under the management of the Consultant, undertake patient consultations, assessments, clinical examinations, order appropriate investigations and interpret investigation findings
• Form a list of differential diagnoses, recommend management/treatment, has the freedom to act with in sphere of competence as a part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Communicate effectively to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information to patients, families/carers, clinicians and any health and social care professional. To ensure delivery of safer care.
• Manage complex information and or situations requiring analysis, interpretation to assess risk, including clinical reasoning.
• Manage and prioritise workload, liaising with team members and patients to ensure safe delivery of care.
• As part of a multi-disciplinary team, support the delivery of care in a range of settings, which may include hospital inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, community clinics, General Practice (GP) surgeries, urgent care facilities, nursing homes, and conducting home visits where required
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, support and contribute to timely discharge planning where appropriate
• Within your scope of practice and working as part of multi-disciplinary team, perform delegated diagnostic/therapeutic procedures under clinical supervision, take responsibility for a dedicated patient caseload, where required
• Liaise closely and work collaboratively within the clinical/multi-disciplinary team to ensure good working relationships are in place which maximise benefits to patient care
• Maintain timely and appropriate documentation• Contribute to the development of efficient pathways of care
• Ensure the provision of a high standard of care at all times
• Build effective networks with other teams and other organisations, working in collaboration to support efficient patient care
• Comment on policies and processes to inform policy and process development relevant to the clinical department
• Ability to complete clinical skills requiring dexterity and accuracy when required, ie ABG/Venepuncture.
• Ensures accurate and contemporaneous notes are completed.
• To report all actual and potential clinical incidents involved in, in accordance with the Trust’s Reporting Procedures for Untoward Events, using the electronic reporting system