# Physician Associate

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Primary Care Careers
- **Town:** Bury St Edmunds
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Physician associate
- **Speciality:** General Practitioner
- **Grade:** Junior
- **Salary:** Depends on experience
- **Contract type:** Fixed-Term
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-07T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-13T19:02:25.781Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M0038-26-0681?employerCode=M0038
- **Application URL:** https://vacancies.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/vacancies/29812/physician-associate.html

## Job Content

### Job summary

The Humbleyard Practice, located south-west of Norwich, has a fantastic opportunity for a physician associate (PA) to join our team, on a full-time basis, for 37.5 hours a week. The position is offered on a fixed term contract until January 2028.

The role will offer the post-holder the opportunity to build on their experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team, as well as developing positive new working relationships across organisational and professional boundaries.

### Main duties of the job

- Providing direct clinical care for patients, including clinical assessments, diagnoses and treatment, under the supervision of a GP.
- Interviewing patients, taking medical histories, performing physical examinations, analysing, diagnosing, and explaining medical problems.
- Working with the wider practice clinical team, to deliver services to meet the needs of the patients, which may include home visits.
- Consulting and referring patients to physicians, medical specialists, and other health professionals, as indicated.
- Recommending and explaining appropriate diagnostic tests and treatments.
- Requesting and interpreting results of laboratory investigations.
- Performing specialised diagnostic physical exams and treatment procedures.
- Instructing and educating patients in preventative healthcare.
- Conducting telephone consultations, which may involve discussing the result, and implications, of laboratory investigations with patients.
- Dealing appropriately with routine and emergency complaints.
- Fully documenting all aspects of patient care and completing all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes.

### About us

We are a large, semi-rural, dispensing, research and GP training practice operating over three surgery sites (Hethersett, Cringleford and Mulbarton) to the southwest of Norwich. We have a fast-growing list size of 22,000 patients & are part of the 5-practice Ketts Oak Primary Care Network.

At Humbleyard we strive to always show compassion & kindness, combined with professionalism, personal and professional growth, an open and honest culture & create an uplifting work environment based on respect, recognition, and appreciation.

Our people:

- 7 GP partners and 6 salaried GPs
- 3 physician associates
- Enhanced care practitioner
- Nursing team, led by nurse manager: practice nurses, health care assistants.

Practice nurse and HCA training. Growing team of research-qualified nurses. Housebound/care home visiting services

- Pharmacy team
- Mental health team
- First contact physiotherapy (Norfolk Community Health & Care)
- Social prescribers(South Norfolk & Broadland District Council)
- Dispensary team
- Reception team
- Administration and secretarial team
- Management and support team

### Details

- Date posted: 13 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience - depending on experience
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 2 years
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 29812
- Job locations: Cantley Lane, Cringleford, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6TA, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience including preventative medicine and chronic disease management.
- Flexible and adaptable approach to a varied and high-volume workload, with the ability to multi-task and to work under pressure.
- Consistently compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers, and colleagues.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, nurses, other staff, and agencies.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- A postgraduate degree in Physician Associate Studies from an accredited PA programme.
- Membership of the Faculty of Physician Associates at the RCP, which includes UK Physician Associate Registration (the PA Managed Voluntary Register).
- Current and valid certification or re-certification by the UK Physician Associate National Examination.

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