# Physician Associate Dermatology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/physician-associate-dermatology/95cfc79e-d1c8-4ec2-8052-9a22ae78a879 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/physician-associate-dermatology/95cfc79e-d1c8-4ec2-8052-9a22ae78a879.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Weston General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physician associate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave cover) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon- Fri 9am - 5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-25T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-12T09:30:30.287Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Bristol/Bristol_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physician_Associate/Physician_Associate-v8428162 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8428162?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an enthusiastic Physician Associate with an interest in Dermatology? Are you looking to develop specialist skills within a friendly, supportive and innovative team? If so, we'd love to hear from you. We are seeking motivated Physician Associates to join our established Dermatology team based at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. We currently have one fixed-term maternity cover opportunity available. As an integral member of our multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with Consultant Dermatologists, specialist nurses and allied healthcare professionals to provide high-quality care for patients with a wide range of dermatological conditions. The role offers the opportunity to undertake patient assessment, contribute to diagnosis and treatment planning, support specialist clinics, and play an active role in service improvement, education and audit activities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established Physician Associate workforce within a progressive and forward-thinking Dermatology service. We are committed to supporting your professional development through clinical supervision, educational support, annual appraisal and opportunities to expand your specialist dermatology knowledge and skills. All applicants must hold current certification (or re-certification) through the Physician Associate National Examination and be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) ### Main duties of the job Successful candidates will work under clinical supervision of the consultant body on their pathway to provide and deliver high-quality care to patients. They will be required to: - Clinically assess and examine a broad caseload of patients with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge. - Competently interpret diagnostic tests and imaging and appropriately act upon the result, including timely escalation to senior clinicians. - Be expected to provide suspected cancer and routine clinics, working towards two clinics per week, for both patient cohorts, and a weekly diagnostic biopsy list. - Assist in the triage and assessment of patients referred to the on-call service. - Develop extensive specialist knowledge and experience of the subspecialty in which they are working. - Perform diagnostic and LA day case procedures under consultant supervision. - Fully integrate within the multidisciplinary team, communicating with other healthcare professionals. - Make complex referrals to appropriate specialists and enact their advice promptly. - Provide health and wellbeing counselling to patients and their relatives. - Contribute to the development of efficient care pathways following current best practices and national guidelines. - Request and interpret results of investigations when necessary. - Fully document all aspects of patient care and complete all required paperwork ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Aptitudes **Essential** - Caring and empathic attitude towards patients and their relatives - Enthusiasm to learn - Flexibility and resilience to change - Honesty and reliability - Awareness of self-development needs and motivation to seek development opportunities - Ability to work within limits of competency and seek help when appropriate - Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion ### Experience **Essential** - Experience working as a qualified Physician Associate - Experience working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team - Evidence of applying clinical knowledge to patient assessment and management **Desirable** - Experience working within an acute or secondary care environment - Experience within Dermatology or a related specialty - Experience participating in clinical audit or quality improvement activities - Experience supporting the education of healthcare students or trainees - Experience contributing to service improvement initiatives ### Education and qualifications **Essential** - Minimum of a BSc/BA undergraduate degree prior to undertaking PA training - MSc/PgDip in Physician Associate Studies from a recognised PA training programme - Current and valid certification or re-certification by the Physician Associate National Exam - Registered with the UK General Medical Council - Evidence of post-qualification learning and development - Basic Life Support **Desirable** - Intermediate Life Support - Advanced Life Support ### Knowledge, skills and abilities **Essential** - Excellent knowledge of medical science and its application to clinical practice - Ability to clinically assess, examine and manage patients within scope of practice - Ability to interpret and implement clinical guidelines, policies and procedures - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communicating complex or sensitive information - Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team - Strong organisational and time management skills - Safe and competent performance of core clinical procedural skills - Understanding and application of clinical governance, patient safety and risk management principles **Desirable** - Competence in extended procedural skills relevant to specialty practice - Awareness of current developments and national initiatives within Dermatology ## Documents - [dbs charges information (pdf, 71.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3005) - [dbs charges information (png, 132.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2397) - [uhbw staff benefits book (pdf, 12.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2131) - [bft physician associate jd (pdf, 832.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10762713) - [uhbw behaviours and values (pdf, 299.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2476) - [policy statement - ex offenders (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=667) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.