Physician Associate - Acute Medicine

Job Overview

As a qualified Physician Associate (PA), post holders will provide expert assistance to the medical team and the wider multidisciplinary team. They will participate in all aspects of the team’s activities, including assessing patients in medical same‑day emergency care, emergency medical take and the acute medical ward. PAs will perform delegated duties with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge and assist in clinical teaching and supervision of colleagues and students.

Main Duties of the Job

• Assess and examine patients, take patient histories, order appropriate investigations, interpret findings, form a list of differential diagnoses and recommend management/treatment accordingly.
• Deliver care in a range of settings, which will include the acute medical unit, same‑day emergency care unit and the emergency department.
• Take responsibility for a dedicated patient caseload, as required, under the supervision of the lead clinician.
• Maintain timely and appropriate documentation.
• Perform delegated diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, where required and subject to appropriate training and experience.

Person Specification

• Qualified Physician Associate with clinical experience.
• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of clinical skills and practice in the speciality.
• Evidence of clinical audit (quality assessment / process improvement) experience.
• Experience of influencing / persuading others to adapt / change, resulting in improvements to clinical practice / patient care.

Education/Training/Qualifications

• If trained in the UK: BA/BS Degree prior to undertaking PA programme; PG Dip in Physician Associate studies from a UK training programme and current and valid certification or re‑certification by the Physician Associate National Examination.
• If trained outside the UK: Current and valid certification with the US National Commission on Certification for Physician Associates (NCCPA).
• All PAs must be registered with the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Registration Commission (PAMVRC) and show evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) / Continuing Medical Education (CME), including regular attendance on internal and external study programmes.

Work Experience

• Clinical experience as a Physician Associate.
• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of clinical skills and practice in the speciality.
• Evidence of clinical audit (quality assessment / process improvement) experience.
• Experience of influencing / persuading others to adapt / change, resulting in improvements to clinical practice / patient care.

Employment and Application Information

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award‑winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre and an internationally recognised centre of excellence.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.

If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.

If you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two‑Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel 0117 414 1151.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

The position will be advertised until sufficient applications have been received.

EEO Statement

North Bristol NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.