Physician Associate - Gynaecology

Job summary

Be the best! Be a SASH Physician Associate!

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare (SASH) NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Physician Associate to join the team in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and driven Physician Associate (PA) to join our multidisciplinary team.

The role of the PA will be dynamic; the PA will assess, review and help to manage patients across the department but also be given the opportunity to attend specialist clinics, clerk patients in the GAU as well as spend time in theatre.

This post offers the unique opportunity to have a balanced job plan of clinical activities as well as education and training and will utilise the full scope of PA practice. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop knowledge and experience working alongside their Consultant supervisor. SASH has employed PAs for over 9 years and is recognised as a leading employer of PAs in the UK with a track record of developing PAs in areas such as Leadership, education, and practical skill development. The successful applicant will join a team of 23 established PAs across Medicine, Surgery, ED and Liaison Psychiatry and have access to weekly bespoke PA teaching mapped to the Core Curriculum Framework as well as a range of training activities delivered by the KSS School of PAs. Each new PA will be assigned an experienced PA mentor and also receive support from the Lead PA Daniel Woosey and Dr Natalie King, PA Tutor and Head of School.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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