Job summary
The Physician Associate role has been developed to work alongside the medical and nursing teams, managing patients with respiratory clinical team.
You will build on your skills in clerking, assessing and examining patients gained during your Physician Associate training, present cases to more senior members of the team, initiate and interpret investigations, and recommend appropriate management/treatment. You will be expected to liaise with other professionals and specialties as required and complete necessary documentation relating to their patients. You will be supported by a team of consultants, including a specialty registrar and a dedicated supervisor, and you will be fully integrated within your clinical team. There will be opportunities for education and service development and your skills will be vital in helping us achieve our mission of continuing to provide excellent care for patients within both in a inpatient and outpatient setting.
Main duties of the job
Job Overview:
Our priorities in Respiratory are in accordance with the Trust priorities, and these include:
o To provide excellent urgent and emergency care for our patientso To utilise our respiratory support unit to deliver high-quality, evidence-based careo To ensure that our team have the right skills and experience by championing high-quality multi-professional training and educationo To be innovative in our service design, using data to drive forward changeo To support team members and ensure they have a sense of belonging and personal developmento To support colleagues, including those on the acute assessment unit, who may be managing patients with respiratory disease
About us
About the Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 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 nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor 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 best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for -our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe,effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminsterand are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
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 including taking medical histories and performing physical examinations To participate, and lead where appropriate, in ward rounds and board 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, urinary catheters, lumbar punctures and pleural interventions within the scope of practice of a physician associate 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 Take responsibility for own learning and development, keeping up to date with clinical advances and find appropriate courses for the role
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 including taking medical histories and performing physical examinations To participate, and lead where appropriate, in ward rounds and board 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, urinary catheters, lumbar punctures and pleural interventions within the scope of practice of a physician associate 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 Take responsibility for own learning and development, keeping up to date with clinical advances and find appropriate courses for the role
Person Specification
Application form- statement
Essential
Desirable
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of Physician Associates Studies MSc or equivalent
- Be on the voluntary register of the Faculty of Physician Associate
Desirable
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Good communication skills
Desirable
- General and acute medicine experience
- Understanding of Clinical Audit
- Experience in teaching
Personal qualities
Essential
- Non-judgmental attitude
- Good organisational and leadership qualities
- Flexible
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand our Trust values
- Subject to Occupational Health Clearance for the post specified
Person Specification
Application form- statement
Essential
Desirable
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of Physician Associates Studies MSc or equivalent
- Be on the voluntary register of the Faculty of Physician Associate
Desirable
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Good communication skills
Desirable
- General and acute medicine experience
- Understanding of Clinical Audit
- Experience in teaching
Personal qualities
Essential
- Non-judgmental attitude
- Good organisational and leadership qualities
- Flexible
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand our Trust values
- 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).