Job summary
The successful candidate will work with ten other Consultant Gastroenterologists and seven Consultant Hepatologists in providing general and sub-specialty services through the Trust to its surrounding community and other referring hospitals in the region. The Care Group spans the full range of inpatient, outpatient and endoscopy services and is also supported at a clinical level by specialist nurses, at least four clinical SpRs, research SpRs and four nurse endoscopists.The appointee will have support of the delivery of care for patients with gastrointestinal disease along with nine other colleagues and will deliver 2-3 outpatient clinics per week under the supervision of a named consultant. The casemix could include those referred along the urgent suspected cancer pathway and those referred via the Gastroenterology Clinical Assessment Service (CAS). The post holder may be required to work at either at the St. George's main site, or at the community sites of Queen Mary Hospital, Roehampton, or the Nelson Health Centre, South Wimbledon.
Main duties of the job
Role of Physicians Associates in Luminal Gastroenterology:
The PA role has been developed to work alongside the luminal specialist doctors. They will be trained to assess and examine gastroenterology patients, present them, initiate and interpret investigations, and recommend treatment. They will be expected to liaise with other professionals and specialities as required and complete necessary documentation relating to their patients.
There will also be opportunities to develop specialist skills, such as hydrogen breath tests and capsule endoscopy.
They will be supervised by a designated consultant and will also have individual mentors to overview their career development.
PAs will represent the department at local and external meetings as appropriate.
About us
With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder is expected:
- To exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing, managing and planning care for a caseload of specific gastroenterology patients with dyspepsia, upper GI TWR referrals and anaemia.
- To develop extensive specialist knowledge and experience in gastroenterology, acting as a resource to the clinical team, allied health professionals, and PCT.
- To contribute to achieving and maintaining targets for TWR referrals to
- To support our work related to national audits such as the IBD audit
- To support recruitment into clinical research being carried out in the department
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder is expected:
- To exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing, managing and planning care for a caseload of specific gastroenterology patients with dyspepsia, upper GI TWR referrals and anaemia.
- To develop extensive specialist knowledge and experience in gastroenterology, acting as a resource to the clinical team, allied health professionals, and PCT.
- To contribute to achieving and maintaining targets for TWR referrals to
- To support our work related to national audits such as the IBD audit
- To support recruitment into clinical research being carried out in the department
Person Specification
Education / qualifications
Essential
- BA/BS Degree prior to undertaking PA program
- The Physician Associate must be a graduate of an accredited Physician Associate training program and be certified by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Associates (NCCPA)
- CPR, ACLS and PALS certification required
- Member of UKAPA
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and Prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to manage and lead a working group
- Ability to implement and interpret policies and procedures
- Experience of conducting clinical audit
- Assist in the development of the role of Physician Associate in the UK
- Assist in the educational development of Physician Associate students through student shadowing and/or teaching
Skills, Knowledge, abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of medical procedures and terminology
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to respond to questions in a tactful and professional manner
- Ability to adhere to regulations as well as work flexibly to meet the needs of the Trust
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- An inquiring and critical approach to work
- Caring attitude toward patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, nurses, other staff and agencies
- Commitment to CME and professional development
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work well with colleagues and within a team
Desirable
- An understanding of thecurrent NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
Person Specification
Education / qualifications
Essential
- BA/BS Degree prior to undertaking PA program
- The Physician Associate must be a graduate of an accredited Physician Associate training program and be certified by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Associates (NCCPA)
- CPR, ACLS and PALS certification required
- Member of UKAPA
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and Prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to manage and lead a working group
- Ability to implement and interpret policies and procedures
- Experience of conducting clinical audit
- Assist in the development of the role of Physician Associate in the UK
- Assist in the educational development of Physician Associate students through student shadowing and/or teaching
Skills, Knowledge, abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of medical procedures and terminology
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to respond to questions in a tactful and professional manner
- Ability to adhere to regulations as well as work flexibly to meet the needs of the Trust
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- An inquiring and critical approach to work
- Caring attitude toward patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, nurses, other staff and agencies
- Commitment to CME and professional development
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work well with colleagues and within a team
Desirable
- An understanding of thecurrent NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
