Physicians Associate

You will be supported in their professional development and will have the opportunity to support and develop others.

The Physician Associate will work under the direction of the Gastroenterology Consultants.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Physician Associate to play a key role in the delivery of the integrated services and to become a key member of the team.

We would anticipate the core clinical duties of Physician Associates to be as follows however we anticipate that the role will evolve and there may be variation in duties and responsibilities according to the area worked within.
Clinical duties and responsibilities
- Assessing and examining patients, taking patient histories, ordering appropriate investigations, interpreting investigation findings, forming a list of differential diagnoses and recommending management/treatment accordingly.
- Delivering care in a range of settings, which may include hospital inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, community clinics, urgent care facilities, nursing homes and conducting home visits where required
- Taking responsibility for a dedicated patient caseload, as required, under the supervision of the lead clinician
- Maintaining timely and appropriate documentation
- Having, developing and maintaining specialist medical knowledge appropriate to the role through relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD)/Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- Contributing to the development of efficient pathways of care
- Contributing to achieving and maintaining outstanding performance in the team/ organisation
- To be accountable for the care given and to comply with the Fitness to Practice and Code of Conduct standard as established by the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Registration Commission (PAMVRC) and subsequently the appropriate statutory regulating body, when this is in plac

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest trusts in the North West.

We provide a full range of general hospital services to 390,000 people in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble, and aim to deliver excellent and compassionate care that meets the individual needs of every patient.

During the past few years we have significantly increased our participation in national and ional research programmes, and are one of the country’s leading cancer trial patient recruiters, demonstrating our commitment to developing new and progressive treatment which improves health outcomes.

We employ over 7,000 staff with most of our clinical services being provided on our two hospital sites
- Chorley & South Ribble Hospital and Royal Preston Hospital. We also have a specialist mobility and rehabilitation service in Preston, the Broadoaks child development centre in Leyland and we provide a dialysis unit on the Westmorland General Hospital site in Kendal. The Trust is committed to working in partnership to deliver seamless care to patients close to home.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was established on 1 April 2005, as a public benefit corporation authorised under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. We are accountable to Monitor, the healthcare sector regulator in England and the Care Quality Commission.

We would anticipate the core clinical duties of Physician Associates to be as follows however as this is a new post within the Trust we anticipate that the role will evolve and there may be variation in duties and responsibilities according to the area worked within.
Clinical duties and responsibilities
- Assessing and examining patients, taking patient histories, ordering appropriate investigations, interpreting investigation findings, forming a list of differential diagnoses and recommending management/treatment accordingly.
- Delivering care in a range of settings, which may include hospital inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, community clinics, urgent care facilities, nursing homes and conducting home visits where required
- Taking responsibility for a dedicated patient caseload, as required, under the supervision of the lead clinician
- Maintaining timely and appropriate documentation
- Having, developing and maintaining specialist medical knowledge appropriate to the role through relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD)/Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- Contributing to the development of efficient pathways of care
- Contributing to achieving and maintaining outstanding performance in the team/ organisation
- To be accountable for the care given and to comply with the Fitness to Practice and Code of Conduct standard as established by the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Registration Commission (PAMVRC) and subsequently the appropriate statutory regulating body, when this is in place
- Supporting and contributing to timely discharge planning where required.

Governance
- Keeping up to date with current guidelines and maintaining best practice
- Developing local clinical guidelines within their spe