Apprenticeship training course

Physician associate - integrated degree (level 7)

Working alongside registered doctors providing medical care as an integral part of a wider healthcare team.

• Qualification level: 7 ; Equivalent to master’s degree.
• Typical duration: 30 months
• Apprenticeship category: Health and science
• Maximum funding: £17,000 ; Maximum amount government will fund ; for apprenticeship training.
• Skills:
  Skills an apprentice will learn

  • Interpret the findings from a patient centred consultation and assess the need for further investigation, patient management and referral
  • Formulate a diagnosis based on complex objective and subjective data
  • Apply specialised clinical decision making techniques to select a diagnosis based on the available insight
  • Critically evaluate and justify clinical decisions in cases with complex needs that involve many interacting factors
  • Consult with your dedicated medical supervisor to inform clinical decision making where required
  • Perform an extensive range of specialised procedural skills
  • Perform specialised clinical procedures using knowledge of the complex indications, contraindications, complications and techniques
  • Critically evaluate and assess changes in a patient’s condition and adapt patient management strategies/treatment within a timeframe suitable to the changing conditions
  • Determine and implement appropriate specialised therapeutic interventions and/or prescriptions using clinical decision making techniques and medical judgement
  • Formulate and implement a management plan with the patient, carers and healthcare professionals that takes into account complex interacting factors
  • Build and sustain a clinician-patient relationship to foster informed patient choice and negotiated care decisions
  • Communicate and engage effectively with all patients and carers regardless of age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, social class, disability etc
  • Actively involve patients and carers in their care and support them in managing their own health, wellbeing and illness
  • Provide health promotion and disease prevention advice to patients and carers
  • Design, implement and critically evaluate specialised assessment and observation techniques, and apply medical judgement across the patients’ life span
  • Escalate matters to a senior doctor when a clinical situation is outside the boundaries of clinical competence for the role
  • Manage the safety of patients, carers and other individuals through safeguarding and management of risk
  • Assess own learning needs and engage in self-directed learning to review and improve medical practice within the scope of the role
  • Work collaboratively to evaluate and meet the learning and development needs of other health professionals
  • Act as a role model and mentor
  • Produce clear, legible and contemporaneous records regarding patient consultations and all aspects of clinical and non-clinical work
  • Complete patient records and justify the management plan and outcomes of the clinical decision making process(es)
  • Adhere to all aspects of information governance requirements
  • Perform specialised medically based assessments to inform the development of an individual medical management plan
  • Design and deliver patient centred consultations which enable the patient and carers to express their concerns, expectations and understanding
  • Take, and critically evaluate, a patient history relevant to the clinical situation and apply this insight to assessing complex interacting psychological and social factors
  • Perform the full range of evidence based examinations and assessments tailored to the demands of the clinical situation

Full information on Physician associate - integrated degree (level 7) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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