Training Rotation for Qualified Physicians Associates - call for expressions of interest from practices interested in hosting a PA training slot.

The Academy has been working with Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust and South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust to develop a Rotational Training Programme for newly qualified Physicians Associates.

Physicians Associates are healthcare professionals with a generalist medical education who are able to work alongside and under the supervision of GPs. They are generally biomedical graduates who have undertaken a two year Physicians Associate training course which is at MSc level.

Qualified PA’s are able to: 
  • Take medical histories from patients 
  • Carry out physical examinations
  • See patients with undifferentiated diagnose  
  • See patients with long term chronic conditions 
  • Provide telephone consultations
  • Provide home visits/nursing and residential home visits
  • Formulate differential diagnoses and management plans
  • Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedure
  • Develop and deliver appropriate treatment  and management plans  
  • Request and interpret diagnostic studies
  • Provide health promotion and disease prevention advice for patients

We have been discussing a two year rotational plan which would involve the following: 
  • One 6 month post in General Practice
  • One 6 month post in the Mental Health Trust
  • Two 6 months posts in Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust

We have identified funding for a Physician Associate for 12 months. This would enable us to fund two, six month posts in General Practice on the rotation. We are aiming to have rotations start in a pilot form in March, 2018. The Academy will provide funding for the salary cost of the PA, £7,000 towards the cost of educational and clinical supervision of the PA and pay the PA’s medical indemnity insurance costs.

For the general practice attachments we want the post to be shared between a current PA training practice and a ‘buddy’ practice that has a workforce need for extra GPs.

Our expectation is that the PA Training Practice would provide educational supervision to the PA. We would expect the PA Training Practice to work with the ‘buddy’ practice to develop systems for clinical supervision for the PA. A suggested timetable for the PA might be:
  • Two days in PA Training Practice
  • Two days in ‘buddy’ practice
  • Half day CPD
  • Half day clinical supervision

The Academy is writing to all GP Practices in Wakefield CCG to invite PA Training Practices and Practices with an identified GP Workforce shortage to apply to host the training slots. Please return expressions of interest to Dr David Brown by 3 1 18. If you require any more information please contact Dr David Brown (david.brown@wakefieldccg.nhs.uk)


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