Physician Associate – Respiratory medicine

Job overview

The Physician Associate role has been developed to work alongside the medical and nursing teams, managing patients with respiratory clinical team.

You will build on your skills in clerking, assessing and examining patients gained during your Physician Associate training, present cases to more senior members of the team, initiate and interpret investigations, and recommend appropriate management/treatment. You will be expected to liaise with other professionals and specialties as required and complete necessary documentation relating to their patients. You will be supported by a team of consultants, including a specialty registrar and a dedicated supervisor, and you will be fully integrated within your clinical team. There will be opportunities for education and service development and your skills will be vital in helping us achieve our mission of continuing to provide excellent care for patients within both in a inpatient and outpatient setting.

Main duties of the job

Job Overview:

Our priorities in Respiratory are in accordance with the Trust priorities, and these include:

• To provide excellent urgent and emergency care for our patients  •    To utilise our respiratory support unit to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care  •    To ensure that our team have the right skills and experience by championing high-quality multi-professional training and education  •    To be innovative in our service design, using data to drive forward change  •    To support team members and ensure they have a sense of belonging and personal development  •    To support colleagues, including those on the acute assessment unit, who may be managing patients with respiratory disease

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To improve the efficiency of the respiratory medicine team and support the respiratory medical pathways and clinical workload  •    To assess, clerk and review patients that are referred to the respiratory team for review including taking medical histories and performing physical examinations •    To participate, and lead where appropriate, in ward rounds and board rounds •    To be actively involved in outpatient care, including within a lung cancer setting  •    To perform and assist with practical procedures such as venepuncture, cannulas, blood gases, urinary catheters, lumbar punctures and pleural interventions within the scope of practice of a physician associate •    To participate in multidisciplinary meetings  •    To facilitate the safe and timely discharge of medical patients  •    To contribute to the achievement and maintenance of key respiratory medical performance indicators  •    To act as a consistent member of the medical team and to help in handover processes and continuity of care for our patients  •    To participate in teaching and quality improvement projects – developing and embedding new and innovative practices and policies  •    Take responsibility for own learning and development, keeping up to date with clinical advances and find appropriate courses for the role