Physician Associate Dermatology

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic Physician Associate with an interest in Dermatology? Are you looking to develop specialist skills within a friendly, supportive and innovative team? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We are seeking motivated Physician Associates to join our established Dermatology team based at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. We currently haveone fixed-term maternity cover opportunity available.

As an integral member of our multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with Consultant Dermatologists, specialist nurses and allied healthcare professionals to provide high-quality care for patients with a wide range of dermatological conditions. The role offers the opportunity to undertake patient assessment, contribute to diagnosis and treatment planning, support specialist clinics, and play an active role in service improvement, education and audit activities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established Physician Associate workforce within a progressive and forward-thinking Dermatology service. We are committed to supporting your professional development through clinical supervision, educational support, annual appraisal and opportunities to expand your specialist dermatology knowledge and skills.

All applicants must hold current certification (or re-certification) through the Physician Associate National Examination and be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC)

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will work under clinical supervision of the consultant body on their pathway to provide and deliver high-quality care to patients.

They will be required to:

• Clinically assess and examine a broad caseload of patients with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge.

• Competently interpret diagnostic tests and imaging and appropriately act upon the result, including timely escalation to senior clinicians.

• Be expected to provide suspected cancer and routine clinics, working towards two clinics per week, for both patient cohorts, and a weekly diagnostic biopsy list.

• Assist in the triage and assessment of patients referred to the on-call service.

• Develop extensive specialist knowledge and experience of the subspecialty in which they are working.

• Perform diagnostic and LA day case procedures under consultant supervision.

• Fully integrate within the multidisciplinary team, communicating with other healthcare professionals.

• Make complex referrals to appropriate specialists and enact their advice promptly.

• Provide health and wellbeing counselling to patients and their relatives.

• Contribute to the development of efficient care pathways following current best practices and national guidelines.

• Request and interpret results of investigations when necessary.

• Fully document all aspects of patient care and complete all required paperwork

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.