Physician Associate

To work with Consultant and Specialist Registrars in the provision of a high quality, patient centred service. The post holders are expected to participate in all aspects of the patient pathway as appropriate and will be expected to perform delegated duties with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge.

The Physician Associate works alongside the medical and ANNP (Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner) team. They assess and examine patients, present on ward rounds and handovers, initiate and interpret investigations, and recommend treatment. They liaise with other professionals and specialties as required and complete necessary documentation relating to their patients.

• Working as part of the neonatal team on the neonatal unit and postnatal wards
• Performing NIPE examinations (once trained)
• Performing practical procedures and septic screens on infants from the postnatal ward and infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, subject to appropriate training and experience
• Attending deliveries, subject to training and relevant resuscitation accreditation
• Maintaining timely and appropriate documentation
• Supporting and contributing to timely discharge planning – to include completing discharge paperwork (Badger discharge summaries and referrals to relevant specialist teams)
• Having, developing and maintaining specialist medical knowledge appropriate to the role through relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD)/Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• Contributing to achieving and maintaining outstanding performance in the team / organisation
• Being accountable for the care given and complying with the Fitness to Practice and Code of Conduct standard as established by the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Registration Commission (PAMVRC) and subsequently the appropriate statutory regulating body, when this is in place

for further information regarding Governance, research and teaching please see full job description.

The Physician Associate works alongside the medical and ANNP (Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner) team.

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

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a well established neonatal service with specialist medical and neurological treatment providing intensive care, high dependency care, special care and transitional care for hundreds of babies each year.

Based at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, we are one of the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Units for the South Western Delivery Network.

We have 34 cots, comprising of 16 Intensive care or high dependency cots and 18 special care cots.

Our neonatal team consists of Doctors, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Sisters, Junior Sisters, Registered Nurses, Nursery Nurses, Receptionists, Housekeepers and Domestics, with the addition of Neurological Surgeons, Ophthalmologists, Dieticians, Speech and Language Therapists as the need arises.

• Working as part of the neonatal team on the neonatal unit and postnatal wards
• Performing NIPE examinations (once trained)
• Performing practical procedures and septic screens on infants from the postnatal ward and infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, subject to appropriate training and experience
• Attending deliveries, subject to training and relevant resuscitation accreditation
• Maintaining timely and appropriate documentation
• Supporting and contributing to timely discharge planning – to include completing discharge paperwork (Badger discharge summaries and referrals to relevant specialist teams)
• Having, developing and maintaining specialist medical knowledge appropriate to the role through relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD)/Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• Contributing to achieving and maintaining outstanding performance in the team / organisation
• Being accountable for the care given and complying with the Fitness to Practice and Code of Conduct standard as established by the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Registration Commission (PAMVRC) and subsequently the appropriate statutory regulating body, when this is in place

for further information regarding Governance, research and teaching please see full job description.