Physician Associate in General Surgery

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of Physician Associates providing care for patients in General Surgery. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who will be responsible for providing assistance to Consultant Surgeons and Specialist Registrars in the provision of high-quality care within the department. We will expect you to participate in all aspects of the patient pathway and perform duties with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge., You will be trained to assess and examine patients, present them, initiate and interpret investigations, and recommend treatment. Additionally you will be expected to liaise with other professionals and specialities as required and complete necessary documentation relating to their patients. You will be supervised by a designated consultant of the week and will also have individual mentors to overview their career development.

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery