The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Doctors Assistant

The closing date is 13 June 2025

Job summary

We are seeking a dedicated Doctor's Assistant to join our esteemed faculty within the Trust, becoming an integral part of our multidisciplinary clinical team. You will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care within our hospital facilities, located across Wakefield, Dewsbury, and Pontefract. Working under the guidance of supervising consultants. you will collaborate closely with trainee clinical colleagues, providing essential support to junior doctors in delivering exceptional patient services.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post are: To support the ward teams with clinical and administrative duties. To perform diagnostic/therapeutic procedures (subject to appropriate training and experience). These include, but not exhaustively: Venepuncture Cannulation Arterial blood gases ECG Urethral catheterisation To attend consultant/and or specialty registrar ward rounds. To support and contribute to timely discharge planning including completing discharge summaries. Telephoning external organisations (e.g. GP surgeries) and patients families to seek further information Arrange clinic appointments for patients following their discharge from hospital To work within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective team working in the provision of acute medical care to patients on a day to day basis.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working car

Date posted

23 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

000375

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key requirements

Ensure that high standards of patient care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met.
Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
Act as the patients advocate and ambassador respecting patient confidentiality and privacy with respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements.
Take the lead when required to develop patient focused education and information.
Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and where required take a key role in the management of the outcome.
Participate and contribute to Division and Trust wide initiatives and projects as appropriate

Clinical Governance / Quality

Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.
Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
Take part in activities to counter these to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key requirements

Ensure that high standards of patient care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met.
Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
Act as the patients advocate and ambassador respecting patient confidentiality and privacy with respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements.
Take the lead when required to develop patient focused education and information.
Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and where required take a key role in the management of the outcome.
Participate and contribute to Division and Trust wide initiatives and projects as appropriate

Clinical Governance / Quality

Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.
Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
Take part in activities to counter these to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

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.