Physician Associate (PA) In Acute Medicine

Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic PA to join our acute medicine team at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.

Our diverse multidisciplinary acute medicine team currently consists of nurses, advanced clinical practitioners, physician assistants, advanced nurse practitioners, junior doctors, pharmacy, therapies, clerical staff, managers and consultants. There is a dedicated Acute Medical Unit (AMU) for acute and general medical patients - with assessment areas, a short stay inpatient area. The team also runs the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit, which has outpatient and trolley-based areas for assessment and treatment. In addition, the team work alongside other clinicians managing patients referred to and under medicine within the emergency department.

This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months to cover maternity leave. If you are interested in applying for it as a secondment, please obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying.

Main duties of the job

The Physician Associate (PA) will act within a predetermined level of supervision and within agreed national guidelines. They will have significant autonomy to act independently, with the supervising doctor available for consultation.

The PA will support the specialist trainees/clinical fellows/resident doctors/Advanced Nurse Practitioners/Advanced Clinical Practitioners in the delivery of high-quality care to patients in acute medicine.

The PA will have been trained to exercise autonomy in medical decision-making.

The post holder will be required to, within their scope of professional practice:

• Formulate a differential diagnosis based on history and physical examination.
• Develop and deliver appropriate treatment and management plans on behalf of the supervising physician.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Request and interpret diagnostic studies.

The PA will be aware of the limits of their competence and committed to acting within these limits. They will be highly skilled at working in a multi-professional team environment, and, as a life-long learner, engage in active professional development. Although they may develop specialty expertise, PAs are expected to maintain their broad clinical knowledge base through continuing professional development (CPD) and will be required to sit for a national re-certification exam every five years, as applicable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.