Emergency Medicine Physician Associate – Hands-on ED Care

East Lancashire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in Blackburn, United Kingdom, seeks a Physician Associate who has completed their preceptorship to join our Emergency Medicine Directorate, covering two Urgent Care Centres and the Emergency Department.

The post involves supervised practice in ED, carrying out reviews and assisting with referrals and discharges, with rotation across areas and participation in management plans under the guidance of Emergency Medicine Consultants.

Qualifications

• GMC registration and current professional status.
• Completed 1-year post-graduate preceptorship.
• Membership of the Faculty of Physician Associates (Royal College of Physicians).

Responsibilities

• Participation in the clinical care of patients.
• Ensure the provision of a high standard of care at all times.
• Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing and planning care for patients.
• Undertake patient consultations, assessments, clinical examinations, order appropriate investigations and interpret findings under supervision.
• Adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care.
• Recognise patients with changing health status and undertake appropriate actions.
• Support the delivery of care in a range of settings as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Take responsibility for a dedicated patient caseload, where required.
• Maintain timely and appropriate documentation.
• Perform delegated diagnostic/therapeutic procedures.
• Communicate information to patients and families and within the healthcare team.
• Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting individual clinical needs.
• Rigorously review with a supervisor all aspects of the patient\u2019s plan of care.
• Contribute to development of efficient pathways of care.
• Work flexibly to meet service needs, including out-of-hours work with an ED Consultant.
• Liaise with clinical/multidisciplinary teams to ensure good working relationships.
• Maintain own clinical development by staying updated on new treatments and technologies.
• Implement infection control systems and relevant audits.
• Safeguard health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults per ELHT policies.

Skills

GMC registration

Preceptorship completed

Physician Associate experience

Life support (ILS/ALS/PALS)

NHS Emergency Department exposure

Job description

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in Blackburn, United Kingdom, seeks a Physician Associate who has completed their preceptorship to join our Emergency Medicine Directorate, covering two Urgent Care Centres and the Emergency Department.

The post involves supervised practice in ED, carrying out reviews and assisting with referrals and discharges, with rotation across areas and participation in management plans under the guidance of Emergency Medicine Consultants.