Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Physician's Associate to join our high-performing respiratory team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Our priorities are:
- To provide excellent urgent and emergency care for our patients
- To utilise our brand-new respiratory support unit to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care
- To ensure that our team have the right skills and experience by championing high-quality multi-professional training and education
- To be innovative in our service design, using data to drive forward change
- To support team members and ensure they have a sense of belonging and personal development
- To support colleagues, including those on the acute assessment unit, who may be managing patients with respiratory disease
About us
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
In 2020 Trust was rated by the Care Quality Commission as Outstanding in the well-led and use of resources domains and Good in the safe, effective, caring, and responsive domains. The Trust as a whole was Good, but the Chelsea site was Outstanding.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To improve the efficiency of the respiratory medicine team and support the respiratory medical pathways and clinical workload
- To assess, clerk and review patients that are referred to the respiratory team for review
- To participate, and lead where appropriate, in ward rounds
- To be actively involved in outpatient care, including within a lung cancer setting
- To perform and assist with practical procedures such as venepuncture, cannulas, blood gases and pleural interventions
- To participate in multidisciplinary meetings
- To facilitate the safe and timely discharge of medical patients
- To contribute to the achievement and maintenance of key respiratory medical performance indicators
- To act as a consistent member of the medical team and to help in handover processes and continuity of care for our patients
- To participate in teaching and quality improvement projects developing and embedding new and innovative practices and policies
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To improve the efficiency of the respiratory medicine team and support the respiratory medical pathways and clinical workload
- To assess, clerk and review patients that are referred to the respiratory team for review
- To participate, and lead where appropriate, in ward rounds
- To be actively involved in outpatient care, including within a lung cancer setting
- To perform and assist with practical procedures such as venepuncture, cannulas, blood gases and pleural interventions
- To participate in multidisciplinary meetings
- To facilitate the safe and timely discharge of medical patients
- To contribute to the achievement and maintenance of key respiratory medical performance indicators
- To act as a consistent member of the medical team and to help in handover processes and continuity of care for our patients
- To participate in teaching and quality improvement projects developing and embedding new and innovative practices and policies
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of Physician Associates Studies MSc or equivalent
- Be on the voluntary register of the Faculty of Physician Associate
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Good communication skills
Desirable
- General and respiratory medicine experience
- Understanding of Clinical Audit
- Experience in teaching
Personal qualities
Essential
- Good organisational and leadership qualities
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand our Trust values
- Non-judgmental attitude
- Flexible
- Subject to Occupational Health Clearance for the post specified
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of Physician Associates Studies MSc or equivalent
- Be on the voluntary register of the Faculty of Physician Associate
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Good communication skills
Desirable
- General and respiratory medicine experience
- Understanding of Clinical Audit
- Experience in teaching
Personal qualities
Essential
- Good organisational and leadership qualities
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand our Trust values
- Non-judgmental attitude
- Flexible
- Subject to Occupational Health Clearance for the post specified
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).
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).