Gastroenterology Physician's Associate

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The successful candidate will work with ten other Consultant Gastroenterologists and seven Consultant Hepatologists in providing general and sub-specialty services through the Trust to its surrounding community and other referring hospitals in the region. The Care Group spans the full range of inpatient, outpatient and endoscopy services and is also supported at a clinical level by specialist nurses, at least four clinical SpRs, research SpRs and four nurse appointee will have support of the delivery of care for patients with gastrointestinal disease along with nine other colleagues and will deliver 2-3 outpatient clinics per week under the supervision of a named consultant. The casemix could include those referred along the urgent suspected cancer pathway and those referred via the Gastroenterology Clinical Assessment Service (CAS). The post holder may be required to work at either at the St. George's main site, or at the community sites of Queen Mary Hospital, Roehampton, or the Nelson Health Centre, South Wimbledon.

Main duties of the job

Role of Physicians Associates in Luminal Gastroenterology:

The PA role has been developed to work alongside the luminal specialist doctors. They will be trained to assess and examine gastroenterology patients, present them, initiate and interpret investigations, and recommend treatment. They will be expected to liaise with other professionals and specialities as required and complete necessary documentation relating to their patients.

There will also be opportunities to develop specialist skills, such as hydrogen breath tests and capsule endoscopy.

They will be supervised by a designated consultant and will also have individual mentors to overview their career development.

PAs will represent the department at local and external meetings as appropriate.

About us

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around million people.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder is expected:

To exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing, managing and planning care for a caseload of specific gastroenterology patients with dyspepsia, upper GI TWR referrals and anaemia. To develop extensive specialist knowledge and experience in gastroenterology, acting as a resource to the clinical team, allied health professionals, and PCT. To contribute to achieving and maintaining targets for TWR referrals to To support our work related to national audits such as the IBD audit To support recruitment into clinical research being carried out in the department Person Specification

Education / qualifications

Essential

BA/BS Degree prior to undertaking PA program The Physician Associate must be a graduate of an accredited Physician Associate training program and be certified by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Associates (NCCPA) CPR, ACLS and PALS certification required Member of UKAPA

Desirable

PA experience

Experience

Essential

Ability to organise and Prioritise workload effectively Ability to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team Ability to manage and lead a working group Ability to implement and interpret policies and procedures Experience of conducting clinical audit Assist in the development of the role of Physician Associate in the UK Assist in the educational development of Physician Associate students through student shadowing and/or teaching

Skills, Knowledge, abilities

Essential

Knowledge of medical procedures and terminology Verbal and written communication skills Ability to maintain confidentiality Ability to respond to questions in a tactful and professional manner Ability to adhere to regulations as well as work flexibly to meet the needs of the Trust Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure An inquiring and critical approach to work Caring attitude toward patients Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, nurses, other staff and agencies Commitment to CME and professional development

Personal Attributes

Essential

Ability to work well with colleagues and within a team

Desirable

An understanding of thecurrent NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues

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