Job Description

We have a range of roles which short term will support our COVID work and be part of our hospital wide rotations. You will join our established PAs rotations and for more experienced PAs, develop these roles into career progression posts through developing sub-speciality interests. We particularly welcome interest from PAs with an interest in developing skills in gastroenterology. Our PAs rotate across the hospital in Medicine (Respiratory, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Healthcare for Older Adults, Neurology, AMU, Infections/COVID), and Surgery, Paediatrics & Gynaecology
Main duties of the job

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Job description
Job responsibilities

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More detail about the role

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated Physician Associates (PAs) to join our team.

As well as being part of the Hospital wide rotations the posts will support our PA run and Consultant supervised COVID Medicine Delivery Unit (CMDU). This ambulatory pathway is based on our Infectious Diseases & Infection Control Ward. This busy post has been running since December 2021 and staffed by PAs working within our Consultant led team. The role involves assessing and treating immunocompromised patients with anti-virals and IV infusions of nMABS, to prevent deterioration to severe COVID related disease. This will give you a huge range of general medical skills and broaden your pharmacology knowledge preparing you for when PAs can prescribe. You will care for patients with transplants, renal failure, immunodeficiency, oncology and haematological disorders. You will learn consulting skills and enjoy face to face care, as well as developing team working skills and interactions with arrange of speciality teams. You will work closely with our pharmacy and nursing teams.

It seems inevitable that the demand and roles of CMDUs will change and reduce as we go forward, so these posts will adapt and longer term become part of our overall PA programme. Our approach is to train our PA students, then when qualified undergo a very broad two-year rotation around the whole Hospital in both medicine and surgery, but also in other areas like paediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatry, and acute medicine while also spending time in medical subspecialties like gastroenterology, cardiology, stroke and respiratory medicine. Then PAs will move into career development posts within individual departments with a very wide range of possibilities.

We take career development and lifelong learning seriously and current PAs have done ALS courses, Mental Health 1st Aid Champions courses, GCP, been involved in innovative projects like major COVID vaccine studies, CMDU COVID Medicine Delivery Unit set up and more. Our PAs are learning to do ultrasound guided procedures.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team which will focus on supporting and developing your skills and knowledge.

We are a friendly and caring team who pride ourselves on our commitment to high quality care. You will join a team of medical professionals working through all clinical areas ensuring a first class service and experience.

Working Pattern: 1 position for 37.5 hours per week and 1 position for 19 hours per week

There are likely to be opportunities to do additional weekends and days in the week to increase that through Bank work.

Interview Date: To be confirmed

For further information please contact Ray Sheridan (ray.sheridan@nhs.net) or Dr Aisha McClintock (aisha.mcclintock@nhs.net)

This is a fixed term contract until 31st March 2024. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.

Preference will be given to staff with Priority and \'At Risk\' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Benefits

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we\'ll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you\'re starting out in the NHS, you\'ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You\'ll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You\'ll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.

You will also have access to other benefits including:

National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.

Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter

Car lease schemes.

The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).

Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we\'d love to hear from you.

Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential

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Desirable

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Employer details
Employer name

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Barrack Road

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5DW

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