Job Summary
The Physician Associate posts support a team of consultants, junior doctors and nursing staff and therapists within each department. The post holder must hold ascience-related degree prior to graduating from an established UK Physician Associate Trainingprogramme, which follows the Department of Health's Competence Curriculum Framework,has successfully passed the UK National Physician Associate Examination and is registered with the Managed Voluntary Register for Physician Associates and /or GMC. Consideration will be given toappropriately qualified Physician Associates from other countries as well.This is an innovative idea to give newly qualified or more experienced Physician Associates the chance to work for 1 year or more to put into practice the knowledge and skills they haveacquired in their training. Although this is a neuroscience group there is a lot of acute general medicine available to further PA training. The PAs will rotate through Stroke, Neurology and Rehabilitation. They willhave Educational Supervision and an appraisal at the end of the year. The emphasis will be on ensuring the basic clinical and management skills will be put into practice but there will also be a lot of subspecialty learning available too.
Main duties of the job
- To provide expert assistance to the consultant physicians and specialist registrars in the provision of ahigh quality service to patients in the neurology department including neurosurgery and rehabilitation
- The Physician Associate role is being developed to work alongside the department's doctors.
- The Physician Associate may be asked to rotate to different departments within neuroscience toprovide a wide range of clinical experience, improve their overall skill and ability and the service theyprovide to the departments.
- Physician Associates will represent the department at local and external meetings as appropriate.
About Us
St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one oft he UK's largest healthcareorganisations and has recently integrated with Community Services Wandsworth. The Trust shares it's main hospital site in south west London with St. George's University of London and is linked to Kingston Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences. St. George's has an established national and international reputation as a leading hospital for specialist careincluding neuroscience, cardiac care, stroke and cancer. We provide excellent local care to the residents of Wandsworth and regional care as both, a hyper-acute stroke unit and trauma centre.As well as acute hospital services, St. George's provides a wide variety of specialist and community hospital-based care and a full range of community services to children, adults, olderpeople and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St George's Hospital, Tooting, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients' homes and Wandsworth Prison. We employ 8,000 staff, have an annualincome of c£560m, around 1,100 beds and we serve a population of 1.3 million across south west London.We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust - being excellent,kind, responsible and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these.
Details
Date posted
04 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£54,320 to £60,981 a year PA
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
200-NN-712823-AHP-MK
Job locations
St George's Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT
Job Description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the job, including the main duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Education And Qualifications
Essential Criteria
BA/BSc Degree prior toundertaking PA program PG Dip in PhysicianAssociate Studies from aUK training programme Current and validcertification or re certification by thePhysician AssociateNational Examination(OR:if US trained, Currentand valid certification with theNational Commission onCertification for PhysicianAssociates(NCCPA) Registration with the UKManaged VoluntaryRegistry for physicianAssociates as soon as it isin place Member of the UKAPA
Desirable
ILS,ACLS&PALScertification
Experience
Essential
Experience of conductingclinical audit Ability to organise andprioritise workloadeffectively Ability to exercise soundjudgements when facedwith conflicting pressuresAbility to work cohesivelywithin the multi-disciplinaryteam.
Desirable
Demonstrable interestin neurology
Skills
Essential
Knowledge of medicalprocedures andterminology Verbal and writtencommunication skills Ability to maintainconfidentiality Ability to respond toquestions in a tactful andprofessional manner Ability to adhere toregulations as well as workflexibly to meet the needsof the Trust Energy and enthusiasmand the ability to workunder pressure An inquiring and criticalapproach to work Caring attitude towardpatients Ability to communicateeffectively with colleagues,patients, relatives, nurses,other staff and agencies Commitment to CME andprofessional development. Ability to prcis clinical work correctly
Knowledge
Essential
Awareness of currentdevelopments andinitiatives in emergencymedicine services.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the job, including the main duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Essential
Awareness of currentdevelopments andinitiatives in emergencymedicine services.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- PG Dip in Physician Associate Studies from a UK training programme
- Current and valid certification or recertification by the Physician Associate National Examination (OR:if US trained, Current and valid certification with the National Commission on Certification for Physician Associates(NCCPA)
Desirable
- ILS,ACLS&PALS certification
- Demonstrable interest in neurology
Essential
- Registration with the UK Managed Voluntary Registry for physician Associates as soon as it is in place
- Experience of conducting clinical audit
- Ability to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to work cohesively within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Knowledge of medical procedures and terminology
- Commitment to CME and professional development.
- Awareness of current developments and initiatives in emergency medicine services.
Person Specification
Essential
- Registration with the UK Managed Voluntary Registry for physician Associates as soon as it is in place
- Experience of conducting clinical audit
- Ability to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to work cohesively within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Knowledge of medical procedures and terminology
- Commitment to CME and professional development.
- Awareness of current developments and initiatives in emergency medicine services.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St George's Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT
Employer's website
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St George's Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT
Employer's website
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
