Physician Associate (PA) In Acute Medicine

Job summary

Physician Associate (PA) In Acute Medicine

Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, South Wales

37.5 Hours per week

Working between 0800-2000, up to seven days per week

Permanent

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic PA to join our acute medicine team at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.

Our diverse multidisciplinary acute medicine team currently consists of nurses, advanced clinical practitioners, physician assistants, advanced nurse practitioners, junior doctors, pharmacy, therapies, clerical staff, managers and consultants.

There is a dedicated Acute Medical Unit (AMU) for acute and general medical patients - with assessment areas, a short stay inpatient area and an integrated acute frailty template. The team also runs the Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) Unit, which has outpatient and trolley-based areas for assessment and treatment. In addition, the team work alongside other clinicians managing patients referred to and under medicine within the emergency department.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

You will work across the clinical areas mentioned above and work closely with colleagues in acute, general and emergency medicine to provide care to an unselected medical cohort of patients; as well as liaising with medical specialties including respiratory, stroke medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, care of the elderly, palliative care and diabetes and endocrinology. Princess of Wales hospital also has a range of surgical specialties, as well as radiology, obstetrics & gynaecology, critical care and orthopaedics.

We encourage our team members to have a special interest or skill and we will support you in maintaining/developing this. Participation in educational programmes, teaching, professional development, audit and quality improvement will also be encouraged and facilitated. An annual study budget of £300 will be offered.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, you are encouraged to contact Dr Madhu Kannan, Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine via Lucy Thomas, Service Manager on 01656 754004 or email lucy.thomas3@wales.nhs.uk or Madhumadhi.Kannan@wales.nhs.uk

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.