South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Physicians Associate

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Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

The role involves being a vital member of the Friarage team, helping with assessment, diagnosis and management of patients at the hospital. This will be given under the direction and guidance of consultants. The post holder will play an important part in supporting junior medical staff on ward 28. This involves supporting the on-call consultant with daily ward rounds and acute referrals.

There is a requirement to recognise and understand the importance of the multi-disciplinary team in management of patients for rehabilitation, discharge home or palliative care as needed. The post-holder will be accountable for ensuring that patient care is of a high standard at all times.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be supervised by consultants with an identified educational supervisor for career development. At present the role is designed around normal working hours, but if required the physician associate will provide clinical care as directed including weekends and out of hours.

The physician associate will be expected to maintain a generalist medical knowledge while also developing expert clinical knowledge. This provision will initially be predominately work in inpatient wards.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

16 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-FCS-5179655

Job locations

Friarage Hospital

Northallerton

DL6 1JG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge Training & Experience

Essential

science-related degree prior to graduating from an established UK Physician Associate Training programme, which follows the Department of Health's Competence Curriculum Framework, has successfully passed the UK National Physician Associate Examination and is registered with the Managed Voluntary Register for Physician Associates.
Basic life support provider with the expectation of gaining accreditation in immediate life support (ILS)

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential

Utilising own professional judgement and in discussion with the consultant team decide when patients require referral to another speciality

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential

display empathy and reassurance in speaking with patients and their relatives
facilitate good team working with the staff on including, doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses

Person Specification

Knowledge Training & Experience

Essential

science-related degree prior to graduating from an established UK Physician Associate Training programme, which follows the Department of Health's Competence Curriculum Framework, has successfully passed the UK National Physician Associate Examination and is registered with the Managed Voluntary Register for Physician Associates.
Basic life support provider with the expectation of gaining accreditation in immediate life support (ILS)

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential

Utilising own professional judgement and in discussion with the consultant team decide when patients require referral to another speciality

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential

display empathy and reassurance in speaking with patients and their relatives
facilitate good team working with the staff on including, doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage Hospital

Northallerton

DL6 1JG

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage Hospital

Northallerton

DL6 1JG

Employer's website

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